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Divorce


DIVORCE

Divorce means legal dissolution of a marriage. Ii is generally believed there is no place for divorce that in Sikhism. A Sikh Anand Karaj (marriage ceremony) is sacramental and it cannot be annulled by a decree of any court.

But, practically, there is a spate of legal divorces nowadays.

Those who support divorce assert that divorce has sanction of Guru Granth Sahib. According to them, Gurbaani says that it is better to break relationship with those who are Kachey (not up to the mark) and find True friends (Guru Granth Sahib, p. 1102).

It also says Sanjog (marriage) and Viyog (divorce) are both pre-destined and are in the Order of God.

(Dr Harjinder Singh Dilgeer)