The Delhi High Court has held that a customary divorce cannot be accepted unless specifically pleaded and established by cogent evidence proving its long usage and force of law. The Division Bench of Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar upheld a Family Courtโs decree declaring a marriage void under Section 11 of the
Customary Divorce Must Be Strictly Proved; Marriage Void Ab Initio If Previous Marriage Subsists: Delhi High Court
