Under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, the court may grant alternate relief:

Section 13A applies "except in so far as the petition is founded on the grounds mentioned in clauses (ii), (vi) and (vii) of sub-section (1) of section 13", that is, conversion, renunciation of the world and presumed death. Otherwise the court acts if "it considers it just so to do having regard to the circumstances of the case", without needing the parties' consent.