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The Hindu Marriage Act 1955 was enacted by the Indian Parliament in the year 1955 with the intention of regulating the personal life among the Hindus, especially their institution of marriage, its legitimacy, conditions for divorce and applicability etc. There are many significant features in the provisions of the Act that lay down the very foundation of marriage. The basic essence of the act is that it appropriately recognizes the religious ethics and morals of the Hindus.

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As per the Supreme Court senior advocate Kamini Jaiswal it can currently take the couples anywhere from 6 months to 20 years to obtain a divorce. According to Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily there are 55,000 divorce cases pending in the courts across the country as reported in the local press.