Though laws relating to marriage in India has been codified separately for persons belonging to various religions, the
customs and rites of different faiths have been recognised by these laws. But once the marriage is solemnised based on any
faith, in the unfortunate event of a couple deciding to part their ways due to any reason, only a divorce order passed by the
competent court in India is legally valid and binding on the couple.
There are hundreds of ‘divorces’ done by unofficial village panchayats or even by the couple themselves through mutual
‘Agreement for separation’, which are not valid in the eye of the law. The legal implication of these ‘divorces are that if any
of the parties to the marriage, decide to claim any right between the parties even after several years of such a ‘divorce’, they
may succeed!
me and my wife has been separated from last 6 years,just a brief contact on phone,no physical meeting.i want to take divorce but she is not supporting as she is not demanding any thing,what i need to do?i heard that if there husband wife are living separately for 5 years then they will get divorce.is it true?
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