When someone wants to end a marriage, they can file a case at family court to ask for a court order ending the marriage. Marriages can be terminated through divorce or annulment cases provided under ‘Hindu Marriage Act’, ‘Special Marriage Act’, ‘Divorce Act’ etc. There  are several grounds of divorce provided under the law of the land viz. Adultery Cruelty, Desertion, Conversion, Insanity, Leprosy, Venereal Disease,  Renunciation, Presumption of death etc. However there is separate provision for grant of divorce for the persons married under Muslim Law, Special Marriage Act.

The court can also grant a separation, where the court issues orders regarding property, alimony, and child custody, but the parties remain legally married.

On the other hand the act also provides for restitution of conjugal rights