Written by- Divyanshu Raj Singh Occupation- Student (BALLB-III) College- Yashwantrao Chavan Law College, Pune "Marriage is not for individual happiness, but for the welfare of the nation and the caste" ~Swami Vivekananda Introduction In Kautilya's Arthashatra', marriage may be broken up by common consent on account of the unapproved type of marriage. Manu is not convinced that the marriage should be discontinued and is not concerned with the discontinuance of marriage. He declares that "reciprocal loyalty may continue until death"; according to him, this is the highest dharma of the husband and wife. Even after death, a women's obligation continues. She should never have a second husband. Divorce is the end of all marital relationships between spouses. It is the legal dissolution of a marriage by a court. After divorce spouses can no longer be husband and wife. As we know that in ancient India there no such type of concept of divorce exists. In Hindu