Supreme Court · 2016 INSC 348 · Decided 27 April 2016
Balram Yadav . v. Fulmaniya Yadav
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2016 INSC 348 · [2016] 2 S.C.R. 965
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4500/2016
- Decided
- 27 April 2016
- Bench
- KURIAN JOSEPH, R.F. NARIMAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC; Family Courts Act Section 7, 8, 20
Headnote
965 .~ BALRAM YADAV . v. FULMANIYA YADAV (Civil Appeal No. 4500 of2016) APRIL 27, 2016 [KURIAN JOSEPH AND ROHINTON FALi NARIMAN, JJ.) Family Courts Act, 1984 - ss. 7, 8, 20 -Jurisdiction of family courts - Declaration as to matrimonial status - Held: Declaration as to validity of both marriage the Conrt HELD: Under Section 7(1) Explanation (b) of the Family Courts Act, 1984, a Suit or a proceeding for·a declaration as to the validity of both. marriage and.-n-imonial status of a person is within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Family Court, since under Section 8, all those
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