https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458636 Section 10-A(1) of the Indian Divorce Act, 1869 is treated as read down so that the separation period for a mutual consent divorce petition is one year, not two years. The text notes that the Kerala High Court had already held the two-year requirement unconstitutional for violating Articles 14 and 21, and that a constitutional ruling on a Parliamentary enactment operates throughout India subject to the Act's applicability. On that basis, no further adjudication on validity was considered necessary in the present matter. en-us Mon, 03 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:33:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458636 Section 10-A(1) of the Indian Divorce Act, 1869 is treated as read down so that the separation period for a mutual consent divorce petition is one year, not two years. The text notes that the Kerala High Court had already held the two-year requirement unconstitutional for violating Articles 14 and 21, and that a constitutional ruling on a Parliamentary enactment operates throughout India subject to the Act's applicability. On that basis, no further adjudication on validity was considered necessary in the present matter. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 03 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458636