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Foreign divorce decree not automatic shield against bigamy: Supreme Court

Foreign divorce decree not automatic shield against bigamy: Supreme Court

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    New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a foreign divorce decree, passed on irretrievable breakdown of marriage a ground not recognised under the Hindu marriage laws, cannot offer protection to a man from prosecution for bigamy under Section 494 of the IPC. A bench of Justices Prashant…

    — Deccan Herald

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    The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that the decree of divorce granted by a foreign court on the ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage is not legal. A bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Shree Chandrashekhar made the observation while dismissing a plea by a man seeking quashing of a…

    — The Pioneer

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a foreign divorce decree, passed on irretrievable breakdown of marriage a ground not recognised under the Hindu marriage laws, cannot offer protection to a man from prosecution for bigamy under Section 494 of the IPC. A bench of Justices Prashant…

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Foreign divorce decree not automatic shield against bigamy: Supreme Court

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a foreign divorce decree, passed on irretrievable breakdown of marriage a ground not recognised under the Hindu marriage laws, cannot offer protection to a man from prosecution for bigamy under Section 494 of the IPC. A bench of Justices Prashant…

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