Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
Chapter 05 Jurisdiction and Procedure
Section 19: Court to which petition shall be presented
Every petition under this Act shall be presented to the district court within the local limits of whose ordinary original civil jurisdiction -
- the marriage was solemnized, or
- the respondent, at the time of the presentation of the petition, resides, or
- the parties to the marriage last resided together, or (iiia) in case the wife is the petitioner, where she is residing on the date of presentation of the petition, or;
- the petitioner is residing at the time of the presentation of the petition, in a case where the respondent is, at that time, residing outside the territories to which this Act extends, or has not been heard of as being alive for a period of seven years or more by those person who would naturally have heard of him if he were alive.