Section 52 Indian Divorce Act 1869
Section 52 Indian Divorce Act
Section 52 of the Indian Divorce Act 1869 is about Competence of husband and wife to give evidence as to cruelty or desertion. It is under CHAPTER XII (PROCEDURE) of the Act.
Competence of husband and wife to give evidence as to cruelty or desertion
On any petition presented, 1[by a husband or a wife, praying that his or her marriage may be dissolved by reason of his wife or her husband, as the case may be, having been guilty of adultery, cruelty or desertion], the husband and wife respectively shall be competent and compellable to give evidence of or relating to such cruelty or desertion.