Is divorce legal in India?
Heavily restricted
Divorce is legal but requires a long period of separation.
India is one of 40 countries classified “Heavily restricted” for divorce — 40% of the 101 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Divorce law by country
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- Nepal
- Legal Divorce is legal and generally available by mutual consent without fault.
- Pakistan
- Legal Divorce is legal and generally available by mutual consent without fault.
- Sri Lanka
- Heavily restricted Divorce is legal but restricted to fault-based grounds without no-fault options.
- Thailand
- Legal Divorce is legal and generally available by mutual consent without fault.
- Vietnam
- Legal Divorce is legal and generally available by mutual consent without fault.
- Cambodia
- Legal Divorce is legal and generally available by mutual consent without fault.
Other laws in India
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Not recognized
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Sex Work
- Varies by region
- Pornography
- Restricted
- Non-Binary Recognition
- Recognized
- Same-Sex Adoption
- Limited (step-child / single)
- Incest Laws
- Legal between adults
- Marriage Age
- 18+
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.