With amendments on the anvil to make divorce easier for Hindus, a similar move may be underway for Sikhs. The Cabinet on Thursday cleared amendments to the Hindu Marriage Act and the Special Marriage Act, allowing the provision of irretrievable breakdown of marriage to be included as ground for divorce. Sources said a similar provision could be added to the draft Sikh Marriage Act that is currently under consideration with the law ministry. At present, Sikhs are governed by the Anand Marriage Act of 1909 which the draft bill seeks to replace. It is learnt that sports minister MS Gill intervened in the discussion on Hindu Marraige Act to say that similar provision for irretrievable breakdown of marriage should be made for Sikhs, adding that Anand Marriage Act was 50 years older.
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