Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 681 · Decided 7 October 2010
Chanmuniya v. Virendra Kumar Singh Kushwaha & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 681 · [2010] 12 S.C.R. 223
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8866/2010
- Decided
- 7 October 2010
- Bench
- G.S. SINGHVI, A.K. GANGULY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Matter referred to larger bench
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 125; Hindu Marriage Act Section 7, 9; Domestic Violence Act
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 19 73 - s. 125 - Maintenance under - Claim of - Interpretation of word 'wife' A B in s. 125 - Divergent views in earlier decision of Supreme C Court - Issues: (1) whether living together of a man and woman as husband and wife for a considerable period of time would marriage between them and would entitle the woman to maintenance u/s. 125- (2) whether strict proof of marriage essential for claim of maintenance u/ D s. 125 having regard to the provisions of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 - (3) whether marriage performed according to
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