Whether you are opting for a mutual consent divorce from your wife or contesting it, there are a few things which you as a husband should know. The various grounds indicated by the law on which you get a divorce from your wife.

Grounds of Divorce from Wife:

If the husband is married under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, you have several grounds for divorce provided by the law itself. Let me take you through all the grounds mentioned in Section 13 of the Act that you can base your case for divorcing your partner:

1. If the wife has not been heard of as being alive for a period of seven years.
2. If the wife has after the marriage had voluntary sexual intercourse with any other person;
3. If the wife is treating, you cruelly;
4. If the wife has deserted, you for a continuous period of not less than two years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition;
5. If the wife has ceased to be a Hindu by conversion to another religion.
6. If the wife is suffering from incurably of unsound mind or suffering from a mental disorder.
7. If the wife is suffering from a virulent and incurable form of leprosy;
8. If the wife is suffering from venereal disease in a communicable form;
9. If your wife has renounced the world by entering any religious order;

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