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A Parsi spouse can file a petition of divorce in the following court :

  • A.Parsi District Matrimonial Court
  • B.Civil Courts
  • C.Before a Parsi Priest
  • D.Court of Judicial Magistrate First Class

Answer: A

The petition lies in the Parsi District Matrimonial Court.

The Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 sets up special Parsi Matrimonial Courts: a Parsi Chief Matrimonial Court in each presidency town and Parsi District Matrimonial Courts elsewhere. Suits for divorce and other matrimonial relief are heard there by a judge aided by delegates, Parsi laymen who act much like a jury on questions of fact.

Ordinary civil courts and magistrates have no jurisdiction over Parsi divorce, and a Parsi priest solemnises marriages but cannot dissolve them.

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