11. Adulterer to be co-respondent
11. Adulterer or adulteress to be co-respondent---On a petition for dissolution of marriage presented by a husband or wife on the ground of adultery, the petitioner shall make the alleged adulterer or adulteress a co-respondent, unless the petitioner is excused by the Court from so doing on any of the following grounds, namely:---
(a)
that the wife, being the respondent is leading the life of a prostitute or the husband, being respondent is leading an immoral life and that the petitioner knows of no person with whom the adultery has been committed;
(b)
that the name of the alleged adulterer or adulteress is unknown to the petitioner although the petitioner has made due efforts to discover it;
(c)
that the alleged adulterer or adulteress is dead.
Amendment notes (1)
- Subs w.e.f. 3-10-2001 . Subs. by s. 7, ibid., for section 11 (w.e.f. 3-10-2001).