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Under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, a wife may seek divorce if the husband is guilty of:

Section 13(2)(ii) gives the wife a ground where "the husband has, since the solemnization of the marriage, been guilty of rape, sodomy or bestiality". Cruelty and desertion…

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Under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, a wife may seek divorce if the husband is guilty of:

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Section 13(2)(ii) gives the wife a ground where "the husband has, since the solemnization of the marriage, been guilty of rape, sodomy or bestiality". Cruelty and desertion are grounds under section 13(1) open to either spouse, not grounds special to the wife.

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