Under Section 31(1)(ii) of the Special Marriage Act, 1954, jurisdiction exists where:

Section 31(1)(ii) gives jurisdiction to the district court within whose limits "the respondent, at the time of the presentation of the petition, resides". Other clauses cover the place of solemnization, the place where the parties last resided together and, in some cases, the petitioner's residence; the respondent's residence at the time of the marriage is not a basis.