Law on Divorce

Preserving an ‘empty marriage’ through the archaic system of divorce
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By Sierra Amarasiri In 2018, the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka delivered a landmark judgement on divorce law in Guneshi Mallika Gomes [nee Gunawardena] v. Jammagalage Ravindra Ratnasiri Gomes.[1] It acknowledged that the grounds for divorce under section 19 of...
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