Divorce case can be submitted within one year of marriage: Supreme Court - Early Divorce Requesting Lucknow Supreme Court Relax 1 Year's Marriage Rule

The Lucknow Bank of the Allahabad High Court has made it clear that husband and wife, with extraordinary problems or oppression, can also sue a divorce within a year of marriage. According to the Hindu Marriage Act, divorce can only be claimed after one year of marriage, thereby rejecting the family court’s divorce application of a couple. Legal Correspondent, Jagran, Lucknow. The Lucknow Bank of the Allahabad High Court has made it clear in an important decision that the man or woman, with extraordinary problems or extraordinary harassment, can also file a divorce case within a year after marriage. Indeed, couples can claim divorce only after one year of marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act. On this basis, the family court rejected the divorce application filed by a couple on the basis of mutual agreement, which was disputed in the Supreme Court. This decision was made by a Bank of Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Brijraj Singh on the appeal of the man resident of Ambedkarnagar. The couple were married on September 3, 2024. Due to more acidity in the relationship, both have filed a lawsuit on marriage discipline by mutual consent in the Ambedkarnagar Family Court. However, based on the submission of the case within one year of marriage, the family court rejected the hearing. Advocate Gaurav Mehrotra on behalf of the appellant argued that Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act continues to break the marriage on the basis of mutual agreement. However, section 14 makes it clear that a case of separation of mutual agreement can only be brought after one year of marriage. He said that, but the only strangers of Section 14 make it clear that the man or woman of the petitioner can end a year’s waiting period when the tempter experiences extraordinary problems in his marriage life or goes through extraordinary harassment. The court also found that earlier other courts ordered the abolition of one year waiting period.