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Christian marriage in India can be dissolved under the Indian Divorce Act of 1869 (under Section X) under three conditions: [5] By Section X A (as amended in 2001) both parties can file for a divorce by mutual consent. According to Section X (I), either party can file for divorce on the grounds that the other party is of unsound mind. These ...
Christian personal law or family law regulates adoption, divorce, guardianship, marriage and succession in India. The provisions of canon law concerning marriage are recognised as the personal law of Roman Catholics in India (except in the state of Goa). Marriages of Indian Christians are regulated by the Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872. [1]
Divorce Act 1869 4 Bombay Civil Courts Act 1869 14 Court Fees Act 1870 7 ... Indian Christian Marriage Act 1872 15 Madras Civil Courts Act 1873 3
The Indian Divorce Act 1869 [164] is the law relating to the divorce of person professing the Christian religion. Divorce can be sought by a husband or wife on grounds including adultery, cruelty, desertion for two years, religious conversion, mental abnormality, venereal disease, and leprosy. [165]
The Indian Divorce (Amendment) Act of 2001 has brought in considerable changes in the grounds available for divorce. By now Christian law in India has emerged as a separate branch of law. It covers the entire spectrum of family law so far as it concerns Christians in India. Christian law, to a great extent is based on English law but there are ...
In 1872, the British crown enacted the Indian Christian Marriage Act which covered marriage, divorce and alimony laws for Indian Christians of all denominations except the Roman Catholics. [71] The development of legal pluralism, that is separate law based on individual's religion, was controversial in India from the very start. [2]
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A valid marriage can be dissolved by a decree of dissolution of marriage or divorce and Hindu Marriage Act, The Divorce Act and Special Marriage Act allow such a decree only on specific grounds as provided in these acts: cruelty, adultery, desertion, apostasy from Hinduism, impotency, venereal disease, leprosy, joining a religious order, not ...