HINDU MARRIAGE ACT 1956

SEC.19 TO23 DEALS WITH COURT PROCEEDINGS AND SEC.23A AND SEC.24 DEALS WITH COUNTER CLAIM AND INTERIM MONETARY RELIEFS AND SEC.25 TO 28A DEALS WITH MONETERY AND PROPERTY AND CHILDREN AND APPEALS AND EXECUTIONS OF DECREES AND ORDERS 1. SEC.19 SAYS THE JURISDICTION OF COURT:- GENERALLY DISTRICT COURTS OR FAMILY COURTS ,OTHER WISE SENIOR CIVIL JUDGE COURTS HAS GOT JURISDICTION TO ENTERTAIN THE CASES WHERE THE MARRIAGE WAS SOLEMNIZED OR WHERE THE RESPONDENT IS RESIDES AT THE TIME OF FILING CASE OR WHERE THE SPOUSES LAST LIVED TOGETHER OR WHEN THE RESPONDENT IS RESIDING, OUT SIDE OF INDIA OR JAMMU AND KASHMIR, OR THE RESPONDENT WHERE ABOUTS NOT KNOWN FOR 7 YEARS, THE PETITIONER CAN FILE A PETITION,WHERE HE/SHE RESIDES 2. SEC.20 SAYS CONTENTS AND VERIFICATION OF PETITION:- EACH AND EVERY FACT SHOULD BE MENTIONED DISTINCTLY AND MUST PLEAD THAT THERE IS NO COLLUSION BETWEEN THE SPOUSES AND AS PER 2 IT SHOULD BE VERFIED AS A PLAINT BY PETITIONER OR BY AUTHORIZED PERSON.