Judicial separation

Why are you wanting Judicial Separation?

You can File for Judicial Separation only if:

1[(i) has, after the solemnisation of the marriage, had voluntary s*xual intercourse with any person other than his or her spouse; or]

1[(ia) has, after the solemnisation of the marriage, treated the petitioner with cruelty; or]

¹[(ib) has deserted the petitioner for a continuous period of not less than two years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition; or]

(ii) has ceased to be a Hindu by conversion to another religion; or

²[(iii) has been incurably of unsound mind, or has been suffering continuously or intermittently from mental disorder of such a kind and to such an extent that the petitioner cannot reasonably be expected to live with the respondent.

(iv) has ³[***] been suffering from a virulent and incurable form of leprosy; or

(v) has ³[***] been suffering from venereal disease in a communicable form; or

(vi) has renounced the world by entering any religious order; or

(vi) 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 it, had that party been alive; ⁴[***]

[(1A) Either party to a marriage, whether solemnised before or after the commencement of this Act, may also present a petition for the dissolution of the marriage by a decree of divorce on the ground—

(i) that there has been no resumption of cohabitation as between the parties to the marriage for a period of ⁷[one year] or upwards after the passing of a decree for judicial separation in a proceeding to which they were parties; or

(ii) that there has been no restitution of conjugal rights as between the parties to the marriage for a period of ⁷[one year] or upwards after the passing of a decree for restitution of conjugal rights in a proceeding to which they were parties.]

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And if you have any of the above then why dont you file for Divorce?