The SPECIAL MARRIAGE ACT, 1954

NULLITY OF MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE

Section 27A: Alternative relief in divorce proceedings.

In any proceeding under this Act, on a petition for dissolution of marriage by a decree of divorce, except insofar as the petition is founded on the ground mentioned in clause (h) of sub-section (1) of section 27, the court may, if it considers it just so to do having regard to the circumstances of the case, pass instead a decree for judicial separation.]