Under the first proviso to Section 25(b) of the Special Marriage Act, 1954, proceedings must be…

For the pregnancy ground in section 25(ii), clause (b) of the first proviso requires the court to be satisfied "that proceedings were instituted within a year from the date of the marriage". The period runs from the marriage, not from discovery; a period running from discovery applies to the coercion or fraud ground under the second proviso.