Under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, on which ground may a court hearing a divorce petition grant…
Communicable venereal disease is a ground under section 13(1)(v). Section 13A allows the court to grant judicial separation instead on that ground if just in the…
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Under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, on which ground may a court hearing a divorce petition grant judicial separation instead if it considers that relief just in the circumstances?
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Communicable venereal disease is a ground under section 13(1)(v). Section 13A allows the court to grant judicial separation instead on that ground if just in the circumstances.
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Option A
Conversion falls under section 13(1)(ii), which section 13A expressly excludes.
Option B
Renunciation falls under section 13(1)(vi), which section 13A expressly excludes.
Option C
Communicable venereal disease is a ground under section 13(1)(v). Section 13A allows the court to grant judicial separation instead on that ground if just in the circumstances.
Option D
The seven-year ground is section 13(1)(vii), which section 13A expressly excludes.
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