ASHOK KUMAR 29 August 2018

can i file divorce petition in my home city?

We are married by hindu law and rituals in Ranchi ( Jharkhand ), by civil law (registered) in Delhi but my home town is Patna (Bihar). Can I file divorce suit in Patna or not?

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Adv Deepak Joshi +917017821512 (Advocate) 29 August 2018

Dear querist,

Does your wife stay at Patna?

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ASHOK KUMAR 29 August 2018

No she is not living in Patna

Adv Deepak Joshi +917017821512 (Advocate) 29 August 2018

Dear querist,

Section 19 THE HINDU MARRIAGE ACT, 1955.

19. Court to which petition shall be presented.Every petition under this Act shall be presented to the District Court within the local limits of whose ordinary original civil jurisdiction:

(i) the marriage was solemnized, or

(ii) the respondent, at the time of the presentation of the petition, resides, or (iii) the parties to the marriage last resided together, or

(iv) the petitioner is residing at the time of the presentation of the petition, in a case where the respondent is at that time, residing outside the territories to which this Act extends, or has not been heard of as being alive for a period of seven years or more by those persons who would naturally have heard of him if he were alive.

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