84 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
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Divorce
33. Grounds for a decree of divorce. —Any marriage, solemnized whether before or after the commencement of this Code, may be annulled by a decree of divorce on any of the following grounds namely:—
(i) either party to the marriage was impotent at the time of the marriage and continued to be so until the institution of the proceeding;
(ii) the husband is keeping a * * * concubine or the wife has become the concubine of any other man or leads the life of a prostitute;
(iii) either party to the marriage has ceased to be a Hindu by conversion to another religion;
(iv) either party is incurably of unsound mind and has been continuously under treatment for a period of not less than five years preceding the petition; and
(v) either party is suffering from a virulent * * * form of leprosy..
(vi) either party has not resumed marital intercourse for a period of two years or upwards after a decree or order for judicial separation had been passed against the other party;
(vii) either party has failed to comply with a decree for restitution of conjugal rights for a period of two years or upwards.