The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 has been a crucial legislation in safeguarding women's rights. However, questi...

 The second marriage is not legally recognised by law. However, in this case, with the consent of the respondent No. 1-first wife, the decea...

The burden of proof to establish that there subsisted a marriage, is on the appellant. The appellant not being the holder of the document,...

  The Appellant herein is the second wife of Respondent No. 1 (husband). It is the case of the Appellant that after passing of the ex part...

 The matter is placed before this Full Bench upon the directions of the Hon'ble the Chief Justice. The reference was made by the Divis...

That from the aforesaid discussion, I hold and conclude: (i) marriages covered by Section 11 of the Hindu Marriage Act are void i.e. v...

I rely on the decision in Revanasiddappa & anr. v. Mallikarjun & Ors. (supra), where it is held that "however one thing mus...

Having noticed the agony, trauma etc. which would be suffered by the woman with whom second marriage is performed, if the marriage is d...

 In Sirazun Nessa (supra), a short but an important question of law involved in the Writ Appeal was whether the second wife of a Mohamm...

Now, when first order was cancelled by the State Government and second passed depriving Yogmaya Devi and her children of any right in th...

The reasoning given by the Division Bench is consistent with the other   provisions   of   law   as   mentioned   above   wherein   th...

Since inception the contention of the appellant had been that her marriage with Sh. Hari Ram on 2 nd  June, 1990 was performed by way of...

Mr. Mishra, learned counsel for the appellants, forcefully submitted that both the appellants being the sons of late Kumar Sahu through ...

 For the reasons and law stated, hereinabove, the second wife cannot claim pension on the consent of the first wife, even if the second...

The Supreme Court in Bakulabai and another v. Gangaram and another, 1988 (25) ACC 119, held that the marriage of a Hindu woman with a Hi...

 In fact, Bimla Devi respondent, the second wife, legally has no status and cannot claim any share in the estate of deceased Nanak Chand...

 Normally, pension is given to the legally wedded wife of a deceased employee. By no stretch of imagination one can say that the plaintif...

In so far as submission of the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners that petitioner no.1 solemnized marriage with the said...

There is one more allegation which, according to prosecution, is quite serious and which, if proved, would require consideration from ...

 It was argued by the learned counsel for the respondent that a second wife was deceived by deceased husband and she begotten a daughte...