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Kar. HC: Cannot Prosecute Second Spouse or Their Family for Bigamy Under Section 494 IPC(28.03.2024)

Karnataka High Court has held that only a husband or wife who gets married for the second time during the lifetime of the first spouse shall be prosec.....

Tags : Karnataka High Court, Bigamy, Section 494 IPC

SC: Can’t Charge Friends/Relative for Offence of Bigamy by Mere Presence in Second Marriage(17.05.2024)

SC has observed that perusal of the penal provision would indicate that order framing charge against friends/relatives for bigamy is erroneous because.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Section 494 IPC, Bigamy

Blast from the Past

Personal laws not disturbed by fundamental rights(24.07.1951)

What could the Bombay High Court have said that stung Finance Minister Arun Jaitley so, leading him to call it “one of the most adverse judgments”. Af.....

Tags : Personal laws, bigamy, fundamental rights, social custom

SC: Imprisonment Till Rising of Court is a Very Lenient Punishment for Offence of Bigamy(16.07.2024)

Supreme Court while enhancing the punishment of a woman’s parents who abetted her to perform bigamy and were punished with imprisonment till rising of.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Bigamy, Rising of Court

Kar. HC: Entire Family Cannot be Prosecuted for the Offence of Bigamy(06.11.2023)

Karnataka High Court has held that Section 494, 495 and 496 of IPC makes it clear that those offences can be perused only against the erring spouse, a.....

Tags : Karnataka High Court, Bigamy, Family, Spouse

Gujarat High Court Stops Police from Probing Bigamy Case Against IAS Officer(23.08.2019)

Gujarat High Court has granted relief to IAS officer Gaurav Dahiya and held that the Gandhinagar Police cannot probe the allegations of bigamy and che.....

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Karnataka HC: Consent of Wife Immaterial for Offence of Bigamy(07.06.2022)

Karnataka High Court has held that bigamy under Section 494 of the Indian Penal Code is a continuing offence and the consent of wife for the subsequen.....

Tags : Karnataka High Court, Bigamy, Consent

Gauhati HC: Second Wife Not Entitled to Family Pension in Existence of First Wife(06.06.2022)

Gauhati High Court has held that in Hindu religion there is no concept of Bigamy and therefore, a second wife is not entitled to a family pension in t.....

Tags : Gauhati High Court, Family Pension, Bigamy

SC: HC Decision to Allow Criminal Proceeding for Bigamy Despite No Prior Marriage, Abuse of Process(27.01.2022)

Supreme Court has observed that a High Court's decision to allow the criminal proceeding to proceed for offences under Sections 494 and 495 of the Ind.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Complaint About Bigamy

Bombay High Court: Accused’s Admission in Bigamy Cases Can’t Prove Second Marriage(18.04.2018)

Bombay High Court has held that in cases of adultery or bigamy, the admission of marriage by an accused cannot be construed as an evidence to prove ma.....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Bigamy

Cal HC: Contractual Marriage on Stamp Paper is Void and Cannot Sustain Bigamy or Cruelty Charges(09.03.2026)

Calcutta High Court quashed criminal proceedings for bigamy and cruelty, holding that a “marriage” based only on signing a non-judicial stamp paper is.....

Tags : Contractual Marriage, Stamp Paper, Bigamy

SC: Relatives Cannot be Implicated in Bigamy Solely Based on Knowledge of a Second Marriage(27.04.2026)

Supreme Court held that relatives cannot be held liable for bigamy merely for knowing about a second marriage, clarifying that liability arises only i.....

Tags : Bigamy; Knowledge; Second Marriage