section 21
Court to which petition shall he presented
The Jammu and Kashmir Hindu Marriage Act, 1980Civil198032 sections
Statutory text
Every petition under this Act shall be presented to the district court within the local limits of whose ordinary original civil jurisdiction—
- (i) the marriage was solemnized, or
- (ii) the respondent at the time of the presentation of the petition, resides, or
- (iii) the parties to the marriage last resided together, or
- (iv) the petitioner is residing at the time of the presentation of the petition, in a case where the respondent is at that time, residing outside the territories to which this Act extends, or has not been heard of as being alive for a period of seven years or more by those persons who would naturally have heard of him if he were alive.
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