Search Results for Tag : Second Marriage

Judgments

Restriction placed on a second marriage would not apply to a case where parties have settled and decided not to pursue the appeal(24.08.2018)

By present appeal, Appellant is impugning the judgment of High Court set aside the judgment of the Family Court and allowed the appeal of the Responde.....

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News

Kerala HC: If Party Enters Into Second Marriage While Pending Divorce Not Offence of Bigamy(28.09.2021)

Kerala High Court has held that if a party enters into a second marriage when the appeal of the decree of divorce of the first marriage is still pendi.....

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All. HC: First Wife Can File Appln U/S 11 of HMA to Declare Husband's 2nd Marriage as Null and Void(01.08.2023)

Allahabad High Court has held that first wife is entitled to file a case under sections 11 & 17 of the Hindu Marriage Act (HMA), 1955, for declaring h.....

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Patna HC: If Divorce Decree Goes Unchallenged, the Second Marriage is Legal(19.09.2016)

Patna HC, while considering sustainability of a decree for judicial separation, has held that if divorce decree is not challenged then appeal against .....

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Karnataka HC:Widow Cannot be Dispossessed of Property Merely For Contracting Second Marriage(18.06.2019)

Karnataka High Court has noted that a widow cannot be deprived of the property vested in her merely for contracting a second marriage. The Court obser.....

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Del. HC: Father can be Child’s Natural Guardian Even After His Second Marriage Post Wife’s Death(04.09.2023)

Delhi High Court has held that mere second marriage of the father in the circumstances when he has lost his first wife, cannot be held per-se a disqua.....

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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.....

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Gauhati HC: Second Marriage Contracted by Muslim Man with Hindu Woman is Void(13.09.2021)

Gauhati High Court has observed that section 4 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 does not save a second marriage contracted by a Muslim male with a Hi.....

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Patna High Court: Consent of First Wife will not Make Second Marriage Legal(11.12.2019)

Patna High Court has ruled that the consent of the first wife does not give right to a man to solemnize second marriage during the lifetime of first w.....

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SC: Alimony from First Marriage Irrelevant to Decide Alimony from Second Marriage(06.08.2025)

Supreme Court while rejection a husband’s contention that the wife was not entitled to alimony as she got a fair settlement from her first divorce, ha.....

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Karnataka HC Strikes Down Condition Denying Compassionate Appointment to Children in Second Marriage(16.07.2021)

Karnataka High Court has set aside a circular issued by the Karnataka Power Transmission Coporation Ltd by which it denied appointment on compassionat.....

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Karnataka HC: Second Marriage Under Muslim Law May be Construed as Cruelty To First Wife(14.09.2020)

Karnataka High Court observed that even though contracting a second marriage by a Muslim husband is lawful, it often causes "enormous cruelty" to the .....

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