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Under Section 34(1)(b) of the Special Marriage Act, 1954, in petitions under Section 27(1)(a),…

Section 34(1)(b) requires the court to be satisfied, where the petition rests on section 27(1)(a), that "the petitioner has not in any manner been accessory to or connived…

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Under Section 34(1)(b) of the Special Marriage Act, 1954, in petitions under Section 27(1)(a), petitioner must not have:

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Section 34(1)(b) requires the court to be satisfied, where the petition rests on section 27(1)(a), that "the petitioner has not in any manner been accessory to or connived at or condoned the act of sexual intercourse". Seeking maintenance is no bar, and the rules under section 41(2)(a) in fact provide for impleading the adulterer as a co-respondent.

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