As per the Supreme Court senior advocate Kamini Jaiswal it can currently take the couples anywhere from 6 months to 20 years to obtain a divorce. According to Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily there are 55,000 divorce cases pending in the courts across the country as reported in the local press.
Mr. Veerappa Moily also ruled out amending the Hindu Marriage Act in order to accommodate the Khap Panchayat’s demands. The Khap Panchayats have been demanding a ban on marriages within the same ”gotra” or sub caste and wanted the Hindu Marriage Act to be amended accordingly.
The amendment is based on the recommendations of the Law Commission, first in April, 1978 and then in March 2009, together with a series of judgments by the Supreme Court. In fact, the apex court had recommended to the Central government in 2006 that it should include irretrievable breakdown as a criterion for divorce between the parties. Several cases have been decided … Read the rest