LC-0019Lacunae · Family · Wanted
No Statutory Ground of Irretrievable Breakdown
Scope
Only the Supreme Court, under Article 142, can dissolve a dead marriage where one spouse refuses; no family court can.
Authorities to start from
- Naveen Kohli v. Neelu Kohli, (2006) 4 SCC 558
- Shilpa Sailesh v. Varun Sreenivasan, (2023) 14 SCC 231
- Law Commission of India, Report No. 71 (1978)
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