- A husband may tell the court that the wife is guilty of adultery.
- A wife may tell the court that the husband has changed religion and gone through a form of marriage with another woman
- The husband has committed adultery
- Cruelty
- The husband was already married to someone else
- Husband deserted her for two years without reason
- Committed rape, sodomy or bestiality
- The most common grounds are; cruelty, adultery and desertion.