Contested Divorce: 

A petition can be filed before the District Court either by the husband or wife on the following grounds:

• Adultery
• Ceased to be Christian
• Unsound mind for a continuous period of not less than two years
• Suffering from a virulent and incurable form of leprosy for least two years
• Not been heard of as being alive for a period of seven years or more
• Willfully refusing to consummate the marriage
• Failed to comply with a decree for restitution of conjugal rights for a period of two years or more
• Deserted for at least two years
• Cruelty or husband is guilty of rape, sodomy or bestiality.