Under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, after a decree of divorce, remarriage is permitted when:

Section 15 of the Hindu Marriage Act makes remarriage lawful when "there is no right of appeal against the decree", or the time for appealing "has expired without an appeal having been presented", or "an appeal has been presented but has been dismissed". The one-year wait after the first court's decree was an old proviso omitted in 1976, and no court leave is needed.