Supreme Court · 1994 INSC 271 · Decided 20 July 1994
Anll Kumar Mahsi v. Union of India and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1994 INSC 271 · [1994] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 1285/1989
- Decided
- 20 July 1994
- Bench
- P.B. SAWANT, YOGESHWAR DAYAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 377; Constitution Article 14, 32
Headnote
lndia11 Divorce Act, 1869-S.lo-Dissolutio11 of Maniage-Grounds availaNe for husband and wife-Whether discrimi11atory against husband and violative of Art. 14 of the C<mstitution of lndia-Held: No. Canstin1tian of India, 1951}-Ait. 14-Graunds available far dissolution of Mm>iage under S.10 of Petition, the petitioner's challenge is directed against S.10 ot" the Indian Divorce Act, 1869 as being discriminatory against the D husband and hence violative of the equality clause enshrined in Art. 14 of the Constitution of India. Negativing the challenge and dismissing the Petition,
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