Domestic Violence , What to do ?
Remedies for a Married Women :- Divorce. A decree of divorce dissolving marriage, whether solemnized before or after the commencement of the Act, may be obtained by the husband or the wife on the grounds set out in s 13 of the Act. The grounds are: (i) that the other spouse has committed adultery; or (ii) treated the petitioner with cruelty; or (iii) has deserted the petitioner for a period of two years; or (iv) has ceased to be a Hindu by conversion to another religion; or (v) has been incurable of unsound mind or suffering from mental disorder as set out and explained in that section; or (vi) has been suffering from a virulent and incurable form of leprosy; or (vii) has been suffering from venereal disease of a communicable form; or (viii) has renounced the world by entering any religious order; or (ix) has not been heard of as being alive for a period of seven years or more. In addition to these grounds, a wife can seek dissolution of marriage