Divorce - post conversion

You can always defend the divorce petition under section 23(1)(a) of the Hindu Marriage Act,1955 on the ground your husband is taking advantage of his own wrong for seeking relief from the court.

The act of conversion from Hindu to another religion is an act of mental cruelty on you, rather his Hindu religion conversion is a ground under section 13(1)(ii) of the HMA,1955 available to you for getting divorce from him.

The husband is having relationship with another woman is an act of adultery as well mental cruelty to the wife, this too is a ground of divorce available with the wife only and not with the husband.

In the given circumstance the husband has very week divorce case; unless the wife agrees to it by mutual consent of both, but for this the husband need to pay heavy price/compensation for his wife & children.

You can raise objection for divorce and may defend his petition for divorce. You should file your WS and make proper reply of each and every content of his divorce petition. You need not to worry much, it will not be easy for getting divorce from you subject to good presentation of your case before court.

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