Report No. 59

Chapter 7

Divorce under The Hindu Marriage Act

7.1. Introductory.-

We deal in this chapter with certain important questions concerning divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act1. The substantive provision on this subject is contained in section 13. Before we deal with the specific grounds for obtaining divorce, we think that it would be useful to refer briefly to the position before the Act.

1. See also Chapter 2 for Proposal of the Ministry of Law.