Under Section 27(1A)(ii) of the Special Marriage Act, 1954, divorce may be sought if cohabitation has…

Section 27(1A)(ii) lets a wife seek divorce where a maintenance decree or order has been passed in her favour and "since the passing of such decree or order, cohabitation between the parties has not been resumed for one year or upwards". The same one-year period appears in section 27(2).