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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Divorce Act, 1869 Chapter 7

Restitution of Conjugal Rights

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/48369

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Divorce Act, 1869 Chapter 7 is part of Divorce Act, 1869 - Restitution of Conjugal Rights. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

When either the husband or the wife has, without reasonable excuse, withdrawn from the society of the other, either wife, or husband may apply, by petition to the District Court1[***] for restitution of conjugal rights, and the Court, on being satisfied of the truth of the state­ments made in such petition, and that there is no legal ground why the application should not be granted, may decree restitution of conjugal rights accordingly.

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1. The words "or the High Court" omitted by Act 51 of 2001, section 18 (w.e.f. 3-10-2001).

Section 33 - Answer to petition

Nothing shall be pleaded in answer to a petition for restitution of conjugal rights, which would not be ground for a suit for judicial separation or for a decree of nullity of marriage.

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Section Chapter 7 of the Divorce Act, 1869 (Restitution of Conjugal Rights) is reproduced on this page as part of the Divorce Act, 1869. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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