Muthuranee v. Thuraisingham – sllr 1984 volume 1 page 381

In the case between the appellant (wife) and the respondent (husband), the court addressed whether a spouse could maintain a second suit for divorce on the ground of separation a mensa et thoro for over seven years while an earlier suit on a different ground was pending, how the calculation of the seven-year period should be treated in view of amendments to the Civil Procedure Code, and whether the applicant must prove judicial separation fault or if admitted adultery should preclude relief. It was held that a divorce suit on the ground of prolonged separation is valid even if an earlier suit is pending on a different basis, the seven-year separation period may include time prior to the relevant legislative amendment, and a divorce may be granted without proof of matrimonial fault, as admi