Section 11:
Adulterer to be co-respondent.
1[11. Adulterer or adulteress to be co-respondent---On a petition for dissolution of marriage
presented by a husband or wife on the ground of adultery, the petitioner shall make the alleged
adulterer or adulteress a co-respondent, unless the petitioner is excused by the Court from so doing on
any of the following grounds, namely:---
(a) that the wife, being the respondent is leading the life of a prostitute or the husband, being
respondent is leading an immoral life and that the petitioner knows of no person with whom the
adultery has been committed;
(b) that the name of the alleged adulterer or adulteress is unknown to the petitioner although
the petitioner has made due efforts to discover it;
(c) that the alleged adulterer or adulteress is dead].
Notes:
1. Subs. by s. 7, ibid., for section 11 (w.e.f. 3-10-2001).