Irretrievable Breakdown Theory

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This paper revolves around sifting through detailed analysis of the judgments delivered by the Supreme Court of India and various other High Courts, which form the legal corpus of irretrievable breakdown of marriage as a ground for divorce in India. Under the breakdown theory, irretrievable breakdown of marriage is where the marriage has reached a point wherein there is complete breakdown of the institution with no scope for retrieval of that previously existing bond. The 71st Report of the Law Commission of India (1978) majorly supported this view after which the subsequent legislative attempt in 1981 failed and from the initiation of marriage law amendment Bill in 2010, it got passed in 2013 by Rajya Sabha, however, the government seems hesitant to pass this bill. …show more content…

What are the merits and demits of the irretrievable breakdown of marriage as the ground for divorce? Should decree of divorce be based on fault theory or on breakdown theory? What lead to gradual shift from a fault theory to a no fault theory? Even though irretrievable breakdown of marriage has not expressly been stated under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 as a ground for divorce, judgments have been given on the basis of this principle which gives rise to the question of the validity of those decisions? How far the judiciary has developed this concept? What is the position in the other countries? What is the distinction between amendment Bill of 1981 and 2010? Whether there is requirement of strong legislative will to incorporate it as a ground in the India legislation on

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