Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 264 · Decided 28 April 2003
Amina v. Hassn Koya
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 264 · [2003] 3 S.C.R. 999
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 635/2003
- Decided
- 28 April 2003
- Bench
- M.B. SHAH, ARUN KUMAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 125
Headnote
KOYA APRIL 28, 2003 [M.B. SHAH AND ARUN KUMAR, JJ. ) B Criminal Procedure Code, 1973-Section 125-Maintenance-Liability­ Husband pleading concealment of pregnancy of wife at the time of marriage thus marriage invalid and husband not liable to pay maintenance-However, C husband attended wife thus husband cannot raise such plea-Also the husband's behaviour after the marriage not supporting his plea-Hence marriage valid and husband liable to pay maintenance. According to the respondent-husband, four months after his marriage to appellant-wife a girl child was born to her. After
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