From the US State Department

Submitted by Straight_Talk_Luigi (United States), Jun 21, 2008 at 22:11

Connie, the follow is an excerpt from the State Department's website.

In February 2004 the government amended the divorce laws to expand the venues where a woman could file and obtain a divorce. Earlier provisions in the Hindu and Special Marriage Acts forced women to file cases in cities or towns where they had resided during the marriage or where the marriage took place; however, the amendment permits women to file where they currently reside. At year's end, there were no changes to the triple talaq provisions, which allowed Muslim men to divorce their wives simply by saying "talaq" three times.

http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61707.htm

It's my understanding that you should be able to file for divorce from where ever you live.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikah

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talaq_%28Nikah%29

I don't usually quote wikipedia, but there is just basic info on here that I used for Islamic terminology. Nikah is just the term for marriage, talaq means divorce and is permitted.

If you have more questions, I would find the phone number for the India desk office in the State Department.

http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/84694.pdf

You could also contact the Indian Embassy

http://www.indianembassy.org/newsite/contact.asp

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