Under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, 'Divorce by Mutual Consent' has been provided in

Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act provides for a joint petition for divorce by mutual consent where the spouses "have been living separately for a period of one year or more" and have mutually agreed that the marriage should be dissolved.

Section 13(1A) deals with divorce after a decree of judicial separation or restitution is not complied with, and section 13(2) gives the wife's additional grounds; there is no section 13A ground of mutual consent (section 13A provides alternative relief).