The special grounds of divorce available to the wife only are given under Section ______ of the Hindu…

Section 13(2) provides additional grounds on which the wife may seek divorce, including the specified husband’s sexual offences, the qualifying maintenance-order situation, repudiation of an eligible childhood marriage and the historical pre-Act plural-wife ground. Section 13(1) and 13(1A) provide grounds available to either spouse; 13A concerns alternative judicial-separation relief.