1. First search locally and hire an advocate and if you feel to reply after reading these replies then first clarify if marriage we are sitting here to discuss is done under Special Marriage Act?
Now assuming this brief falls under Special Marriage Act under which parties marriage took place then;
2. It is true that S. 28 (1) of the Special Marriage Act provide for divorce by mutual consent where the parties have been living separately for at least one year and that they have not been able to live together and that they have mutually agreed that the marriage should be dissolved.
3. Also note that it is under S. 28 (2) Special Marriage Act on the motion of both the parties made not earlier than 6 months after the date of the presentation of the petition referred to in sub- section (1) of S. 28 Special Marriage Act and not later than 18 months] after the said date, if the petition is not withdrawn in the meantime, the district Court shall, on being satisfied, after hearing the parties and after making such inquiry as it thinks fit, that a marriage has been solemnized under this Act and that the averments in the petition are true, pass a decree declaring the marriage to be dissolved with effect from the date of the decree.
It would be benefitial to discuss with hired advocate effects of S. 18 of the Act due to peculiarity of this brief which provides that where a Certificate of Marriage has been finally entered in the Marriage Certificate Book under Chapter III of the Act, the marriage shall, as from the date of such entry, be deemed to be a marriage solemnised under the Act. Chapter-IV provides for the consequences of marriage solemnised under the Act.