PETITION
FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE [CD1]
IN
THE DISTRICT COURT AT....................
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Petitioner
versus
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Respondent
Petition for dissolution of
marriage by a decree for divorce under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act,
1955 (No. 25 of 1955).
The petitioner prays as
follows: —
1. A marriage was solemnized
between the parties on.................... at
.................... A
certified extract from the Hindu Marriage Register/an affidavit, duly attested,
is filed herewith.
2. The status and place of
residence of the parties to the marriage before the marriage (i) Before marriage
(ii) At the time of
filing the petition
[Whether a party is a Hindu
by religion or not is a part of his or her status].
3.
[In
this paragraph particulars and place(s) of co-habitation as husband and wife and
the children from the marriage, if any, may be given. The date and place of
birth and name and sex of each child and the fact whether alive or dead should
also be stated].
4.
The
respondent.................... [One or more of the grounds specified in Section
13 may be pleaded here. The facts on which the claim to relief is founded
should be stated as distinctly as the nature of the case permits. If adultery
is pleaded the petitioner should give particular as nearly as he can, of the
acts of adultery alleged to have been committed. The matrimonial offences
charged should be set in separate paragraphs with the times and places of their
alleged commission. If the ground specified in clause (viii) of Section 13(1)
is pleaded the petition should be accompanied by an affidavit of the petitioner
to the effect that he or she has not resumed co-habitation for a period of one
year or upwards of the passing of the decree for judicial separation).
5.
[Where
the ground of petition is the ground specified in clause (i) of subsection (1)
of Section 13 the petitioner has not in any manner been accessory to or
connived at or condoned the act(s) complained of].
6.
(Where
the ground of petition is cruelty). The petitioner has not in any manner
condoned the cruelly.
7.
Any
other ground mentioned in Section 13.
8.
The
petition is not presented in collusion with the respondent.
9.
There
has not been any unnecessary or improper delay in filing this petition.
10. There is no other legal
ground why relief should not be granted
11. There has not been any
previous proceedings with regard to the marriage by or on behalf of any party.
OR
There
have been the following previous proceedings with regard to the marriage by or
on behalf of the parties: —
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Name and location of the
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12. The marriage was
solemnized/the husband and the wife reside/ the husband and wife last resided
together at.................... within the limits of the ordinary original
civil jurisdiction of this Court.
13. The petitioner, therefore,
prays that the marriage between the petitioner and the respondent may be
dissolved by a decree of divorce.
Petitioner
VERIFICATION
The abovenamed petitioner
states on solemn affirmation that Paras..................
to.................... of the petition are true to the best of the petitioner’s
information and belief.
Verified on
this................. day of.................... 19....................
at....................
Place....................
Petitioner
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