PETITION FOR DIVORCE UNDER SPECIAL MARRIAGE ACT
IN THE DISTRICT COURT AT....................
........................................................................ Applicant
versus 
..................................................................... Respondent
Application under Section 29 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 (No. 43 of 1954) praying that a petition for divorce may be allowed to be presented within one year of the date of entering the certificate of marriage in the Marriage Certificate Book.
The Applicant prayed as under: —
1. The applicant is the husband/wife of the respondent. The marriage between the parties was solemnized under Chapter II/III of the Act by the Marriage Officer of.................... at.................... on.................... and a certificate of marriage was entered in the Marriage Certificate Book on.................... a certified copy of the certificate of marriage is attached with this application.
2. The status and place of residence of the parties to the marriage before the marriage and at time of filing the application were as follows:
Husband									Wife
Status										Status
Age										Age
Place of Residence								Place of Residence

 (i) Before marriage
(ii) At the time of filing the petition

3. (In this paragraph state the names of the children, if any, of the marriage together with their sex, dates of birth or ages).
4. There is a case of (exceptional hardship to the petitioner/ exceptional depravity on the part of the respondent).................... as.................... (state here in accordance with the Rules and as distinctly as the nature of the case permits all the particulars about the exceptional hardship or depravity, as the case may be).
5. There has not been any previous proceedings with regard to the marriage by or on behalf of any party.
OR
There have been the following previous proceedings with regard to the marriage by or on behalf of the parties: —
Serial No.	Name of Parties	Name of Proceedings with section of the Act	Number and date and year of the case	Name and location of the court	Result
	
(i)						
(ii)						
(iii)						
(iv)						

6. The marriage was solemnized at....................... the parties reside at ......... The parties last resided together at.......................
OR
(Whether the application is by a wife domiciled in the territories of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir). The applicant is resident. within the territories of India excluding the State of Jammu and Kashmir and has been ordinarily resident, therein for a period of three years immediately preceding the presentation of this application and the respondent is not resident in the said territories).
7. The applicant, therefore, submits that this Hon’ble Court has jurisdiction to entertain this petition.
8. The applicant therefore prays that he/she may be allowed to present a petition for divorce within one year of the date of entering the certificate of marriage in the Marriage Certificate Book.
Applicant
VERIFICATION
The abovenamed applicant states on solemn affirmation that Paras................ to.................... of the application are true to the applicant’s knowledge and paras .................... to.................... are true to the applicant’s information received and believed to be true by him/her.
Verified on this................. day of.................... 19.................... at....................
Place.................... Applicant