Time limit for Filing Appeal against Divorce Decree
Divorced Hindu spouses, on getting a decree of divorce, can remarry:
if the parties have no right to appeal as in the case of mutual consent divorce
if the time for right of appeal has expired without the parties filing an appeal or
if the court dismissed the appeal filed before it (Section 15 of the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 (HMA)
Therefore a divorce decree holder, who is eager to marry another person as soon as possible, needs to know when the period for filing ends. One law says its 30 days but another law says it is 90 days. The Supreme Court in 2002 and many High Courts in later years directed the government of India to bring an end to this confusion but nothing has happened.