IN THE DISTRICT COURT AT....................
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Petitioner
versus
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Respondent
Petition for
divorce under Section 27 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 (No. 43 of 1954).
The petitioner
prays as follows: —
1. The petitioner is the husband/wife of respondent. The marriage
between the parties was solemnized/registered under Chapter II of the Act by
the Marriage Officer of Chapter II.................... at....................
on.................... A certified copy of the certificate of marriage is
attached with this petition.
2. The status and place of residence of the parties to the marriage
before the marriage and at
Husband Wife
Status Status
Age Age
Place of Residence Place
of Residence
(i)
Before marriage
(ii) At the time of filing the petition
3. (In this paragraph state the names of the children, if any, of the
marriage together with their sex, dates of birth or ages).
4. The respondent has.................... (one or more of the grounds
specified in Section 27 of the Act may be pleaded there. The facts on which the
claim to relief is founded should be stated in accordance with the Rules and as
distinctly as the nature of the case permits).
5. (Where the ground of petition is adultery). The petitioner has not
in any manner been accessory to or connived at or condoned the adultery.
6. (Where the ground of petition is cruetly). The petitioner has not in
any manner condoned the cruelty.
7. The petition is not presented in collusion with the respondent.
8. There has not been any unncessary or improper delay in instituting
the proceedings.
9. 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: —
Serial No.
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Name of Parties |
Name of Proceedings with section of the Act |
Number and date and year of the case |
Name and location of the court |
Result |
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(ii) |
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(iii) |
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(iv) |
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10. (In petition by a husband for divorce on the ground of adultery
where damages are claimed against the co-respondent, grounds on which the claim
to damages is founded should be fully and clearly-stated and the amount claimed
and the mode of assessment should be specified).
11. There is no other ground why relief should not be granted.
12. The marriage was solemnized at....................... The husband
and wife reside at....................... The husband and wife last resided
together at..................... (within the local limits of the jurisdiction
of this Court).
OR
(Where the petition is by a wife domiciled
in the territories of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir). The
petitioner is resident within the territories of India except the State of Jammu
and Kashmir and has been ordinarily resident therein for a period of three
years immediately preceding the presentation of this petition and the
respondent is not resident in the said territories. (Give particulars according
to the Rules).
13. The petitioner submits that this Hon’ble Court has jurisdiction to
entertain this petition.
14. The petitioner, therefore, prays that he may be granted a decree of
divorce against the respondent, and (to be scored out if unnecessary may
further be granted a decree for recovery of Rs..................... as damages
against the adulterer correspondent.
Petitioner
VERIFICATION
The abovenamed
petitioner states on solemn affirmation that Paras.................
to.................... of the petition are true to the petitioner’s knowledge
and paras .................... to.................... are true to the
petitioner’s information received and believed to be true by him.
Verified on
this................. day of.................... 19....................
at....................
Place.................... Petitioner
Where in a divorce petition wife took up a
plea and also led evidence that petitioner husband was interested in getting
married with another girl but fact was not proved, it would not mean that
allegation was false which could amount to cruelty.4
Once ingredients
of Section 13B of Hindu Marriage Act are satisfied, court has no other option
except to accept the prayer for dissolution of marriage by decree of divorce.5
Cruelty cannot
be judged from a solitary incident but on an overall consideration of all
relevant circumstances.6
The party
seeking divorce on the ground of desertion is required to show that she was not
taking the advantage of his or her own wrong.7
4. Hema Reddy v. Rakesh Reddy, 2002 (2) CCC 227 (A. P).
5. K. S. Subrumanian v. V. Vasanthi Devi, 2002 (2) CCC 153 (Mad. ).
6. G. V. N. Kameswara Rao v. G. Jabilli, AIR 2002 SC 576.
7. Savitri Pandey v. Prem Chandra Pandey, AIR 2002 SC 591.
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