law: Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act 1939
  Grounds for decree
  
  for dissolution of marriage – 
  A woman married under
  
  Muslim law shall be entitled to obtain a decree for the dissolution of her
  
  marriage on any one or more of the following grounds, namely:
  1.      
  
    that the
  
  whereabouts of the husband have not been known for a period of four years;
  2.      
  
    that the
  
  husband has neglected or has failed to provide for her maintenance for a period
  
  of two years;
  3.      
  
    that the
  
  husband has been sentenced to imprisonment for a period of seven years or
  
  upwards;
  4.      
  
    that the
  
  husband has failed to perform , without reasonable cause , his marital
  
  obligations for a period of three years;
  5.      
  
    that the
  
  husband has impotent at the time of the marriage and continues to be so;
  6.      
  
    that the
  
  husband has been insane for a period of two years or is suffering from leprosy
  
  or a virulent veneral disease;
  7.      
  
  
  
    that
  
  she, having been given in marriage by her father or other guardian before she
  
  attained the age of fifteen years., repudiated the marriage before attaining
  
  the age of eighteen years;
  Provide that the
  
  marriage has not been consummated;
  8.      
  
    that the
  
  husband treas her with cruelty, that is to say.—
  1.      
  
    habitually
  
  assaults her or makes her life miserable by cruelty of conduct does not amount
  
  to physical ill-treatment, or
  2.      
  
  
  
    associates
  
  with women of evil repute or leads an infamous life, or
  3.      
  
    attempts
  
  to force her to lead an immoral life, or
  4.      
  
    disposes
  
  of her property or prevents her exercising her legal rights over it, or
  5.      
  
    obstructs
  
  her in the observance of her religious profession or practice, or
  6.      
  
    if he
  
  has more wives than one, does not treat her equitably in accordance with the
  
  injunctions of the Qoran;
  9.      
  
    on any
  
  other ground which is recognised as valid for the dissolution of marriages
  
  under Muslim law;
             
  
  Provide that—
  1.      
  
  
  
    no
  
  decree shall be passed on the ground (iii) until the sentence has become final;
  2.      
  
    a decree
  
  passed on ground (i) shall not take effect for a period of six months from the
  
  date of such decree, and if the husband appears either in person or through an
  
  authorised agent within that period and satisfied the Court that he is prepared
  
  to perform his conjugal duties, the Court shall set aside the said decree; and
  3.      
  
    before
  
  passing a decree on ground (v) the Court shall, on application by the husband,
  
  make an order requiring the husband to satisfy the Court within a period of one
  
  year from the date of such order that he has ceased to be impotent, and if the
  
  husband so satisfies the Court within such period, no decree shall be passed on
  
  the said ground.