Section 49 Indian Divorce Act
Section 49 of the Indian Divorce Act 1869 is about Suits by minors. It is under CHAPTER XII (PROCEDURE) of the Act.
Suits by minors
Where the petitioner is a minor, he or she shall sue by his or her next friend to be approved by the Court; and no petition presented by a minor under this Act shall be filed until the next friend has undertaken in writing to be answerable for costs. Such undertaking 1 *** shall be filed in Court, and the next friend shall thereupon be liable in the same manner and to the same extent as if he were a plaintiff in an ordinary suit.
