India being a cosmopolitan country tolerates personal laws of
its citizen. As a result each citizen of India is entitled to
have his own personal laws inter alia in the matter of marriage
and divorce. Hindus are governed by Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
which provides for the conditions of a Hindu Marriage where
under the bridegroom should be of 21 years and bride of 18
years, they both should be Hindus and should not be within the
degree of prohibited relationship or sapindas, neither party
should have a spouse living nor any party should be subject to
recurrent attacks of insanity or epilepsy, either of them should
not be suffering from mental disorders or should not be unfit
for marriage and procreation of children and both should be of
sound mind and capable of giving valuable consent. Divorce under
the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 can be obtained on the grounds of
Adultery, Cruelty, Desertion for two years, Conversion in
religion, Unsound mind, Suffering from venereal disease and/or
Leprosy has renounced the world