Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, S. 13-B , 14 Proviso to the above said section lays down that in case of exceptional hardship or exceptional depravity, if it appears to the Court, the time of one year can be reduced – An application under Section 14 of the Hindu Marriage Act had been dismissed and the parties were not allowed to present the petition under Section 13-B of the Act before expiry of one year – Parties had lived together as husband and wife for about three months after marriage – Both were young and keeping in view that they were at the marriageable age, condonation of the period of one year was allowed – Exceptional hardship and depravity has to be established by the petitioner(s) in order to avail the benefit of the provision of Section 14 (1) of the Act.
Mandeep Kaur Bajwa v. Chetanjeet Singh Randhawa , 2015 PLRonline 0012 (P&H)
