Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 364 · Decided 14 March 2008
Chand Patel v. Bismillah Begum and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 364 · [2008] 5 S.C.R. 1
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 488/2008
- Decided
- 14 March 2008
- Bench
- ALTAMAS KABIR, J.M. PANCHAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 125, 482; Hindu Marriage Act Section 11, 12
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.125 - Maintenance - Second marriage by muslim with his wife's sister while his earlier marriage with other sister still subsisting c - Daughter born out of this wedlock - Claim for maintenance by second wife and her daughter - Entitlement to - Held: Muslim Law that a man cannot marry his wife's sister in his lifetime - However, bar of 'unlawful conjunction' renders such marriage irregular, D but not void - Such irregular marriage would continue to subsist till terminated in accordance with Jaw - Since marriage not declared void by competent court,
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