Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 1038 · Decided 25 August 2025
Chowdamma (D) BY LR and Another v. Venkatappa (D) BY LRS and Another
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 1038 · [2025] 8 S.C.R. 1532
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 11330/2011
- Decided
- 25 August 2025
- Bench
- SANJAY KAROL, PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Evidence Act Section 50, 114(g)
Headnote
Issue arose whether the respondents succeeded in establishing a valid marital relationship between their mother and the deceased primarily on the basis of the oral testimony of P.W.2; and whether the relationship between the deceased and the presumed to be a valid marital union, in the absence of formal documentary proof. Evidence Act, 1872 - s.50 - Proof of relationship - Presumption of marriage - Appellant no.1-second wife of deceased, exerted her influence, and got the names of herself and
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