Delhi High Court waives one-year wait under Special Marriage Act for interfaith couple, calls insistence on waiting period a prolongation of hardship

The Delhi High Court has held that the statutory one-year waiting period prescribed under the Special Marriage Act, 1954 can be waived in exceptional circumstances, particularly where the marriage has never commenced in substance and continuation of the legal relationship would only prolong the parties' mental and social hardship.

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