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Under Section 13(1) and Section 13(1A) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (as amended by the Personal Laws…

Section 13(1) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 lists eight grounds after the 2019 omission of clause (iv), which concerned leprosy. Section 13(1A) adds two grounds available…

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Under Section 13(1) and Section 13(1A) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (as amended by the Personal Laws (Amendment) Act, 2019), how many grounds for divorce are available in common to both husband and wife?

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Section 13(1) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 lists eight grounds after the 2019 omission of clause (iv), which concerned leprosy. Section 13(1A) adds two grounds available to either spouse. Each requires a year or more without resumption of cohabitation after a decree of judicial separation or without restitution of conjugal rights after a decree for restitution. The total is ten.

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Option A

Section 13(1) contains eight listed grounds. Section 13(1A) adds two.

Option B

Nine was the number listed in section 13(1) before the 2019 omission of leprosy.

Option C

Eight grounds in section 13(1) and two in section 13(1A) give ten.

Option D

The count is confined to subsections (1) and (1A), which give ten.

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