Divorced - But Living Together for more than 26 Years.

Dear Client,
As per Section 15 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, there is no bar on the divorced couple remarrying each other. Section 15 of the Act allows a divorced person to remarry only after the divorce decree has become final, meaning there is no longer a right to appeal, or the appeal has been dismissed and following the applicable customs, rituals and registration of marriage as prescribed under the Act to make the remarriage legally valid. In a recent judgement the Punjab and Haryana High Court observed that an appeal against the divorce decree passed under Section 13(b), of the Hindu Marriage Act is not maintainable on the ground that the divorced spouses wish to again live together as husband and wife. So, once a divorce is final, a person is legally free to remarry anyone, including his or her ex-spouse. The remarriage is treated as a new union, not a continuation of the previous one.