HMA 20 — Contents and verification of petitions

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

Statutory text

(1) Every petition presented under this Act shall state
as  distinctly  as  the  nature  of  the  case  permits  the  facts  on  which  the  claim  to  relief  is  founded

[and,
except in a petition under section 11, shall also state] that there is no collusion between the petitioner and the other party to the marriage.
(2)  The  statements  contained  in  every  petition  under  this  Act  shall  be  verified  by  the  petitioner  or
some other competent person in the manner required by law for the verification of plaints, and may, at the hearing, be referred to as evidence.

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