law: Special Marriage Act, 1954 
  25. Voidable marriages
  Any marriage
  
  solemnized under this Act shall be voidable and may be annulled by a decree of
  
  nullity if,-
  (i) the marriage has
  
  not been consummated owing to the willful refusal of the respondent to consummate
  
  the marriage; or
  (ii) the respondent
  
  was at the time of the marriage pregnant by some person other than the
  
  petitioner; or
  (iii) the consent of
  
  either party to the marriage was obtained by coercion or fraud, as defined in
  
  the Indian Contract Act, 1872 :
  Provided that, in the case
  
  specified in clause (ii), the court shall not grant a decree unless it is
  
  satisfied,-
  (a) that the
  
  petitioner was at the time of the marriage ignorant of the facts alleged;
  
  
  (b) that proceedings were instituted within a year from the date of the
  
  marriage; and
  (c) that marital
  
  intercourse with the consent of the petitioner has not taken place since the
  
  discovery by the petitioner of the existence of the grounds for a decree :
  Provided further that in the
  
  case specified in clause (iii), the court shall not grant a decree if,-
  (a) proceedings have
  
  not been instituted within one year after the coercion had ceased or, as the
  
  case may be, the fraud had been discovered; or
  (b) the petitioner has
  
  with his or her free consent lived with the other party to the marriage as
  
  husband and wife after the coercion had ceased or, as the case may be, the
  
  fraud had been discovered.