Reopening divorce case

Yes he should file fresh divorce case and now he had fresh grounds too for doing it afresh. 22 years of desertion and unheard of being alive for more than 7 years are excellent grounds for the husband to get the marriage dissolved by decree of divorce.

We belong to Hindu religion.  Marriage was done according to the hindu tradition.  

Thank you so much Sir.  

If he applies now, how long would it take for him to get the divorce please?  Also, as we do not know her whereabouts, where should we send the legal notice?

 

The court summon will definitely be sent to her last known address or her parents' address, the court will even agree for substituted service of court notice through newspaper publication and all these process may take 4-6 months and only after this process is complete, the wife is not appearing to contest the divorce petition, the Family Court will proceed ex-parte against her and decide the divorce petition on the basis of the pleading and evidence of the petitioner husband. If all goes well the decree of divorce should be available in a year or so to the husband. I say so because I deal with all such divorce cases and not necessarily the delay is because of advocates its the courts that are supposed to decide and issue decree of divorce.

Dont think very complicated. Apply fresh divorce to the last known address in India. Get simple ex-parte decree of divorce in a short span.