Vibhav Vasudeva
Advocate, High Court of Himachal Pradesh; LLM (Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla); BA.LLB (Hons.) (University Institute of Legal Studies (UILS), Ava-Lodge Campus, H.P. University, Shimla
Abstract
Classical Hindu law treated marriage as an indissoluble sacrament disallowing the dissolution of marital ties unless otherwise the custom permits. Divorce was unknown to the laws of Dharamshastras as marriage was regarded as a sacramental union of husband and wife. Statutory divorce entered Hindu law only with the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (Hereinafter referred to […]