Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 716 · Decided 21 October 2010
D. Velusamy v. D. Patchaiammal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 716 · [2010] 13 S.C.R. 706
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2028/2010
- Decided
- 21 October 2010
- Bench
- MARKANDEY KATJU, T.S. THAKUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 125; Domestic Violence Act Section 2(f)
Headnote
13 (ADDL.) S.C.R. 706 D. VELUSAMY v. D. PATCHAIAMMAL (Criminal Appeal No. 2028-2029 of 2010) OCTOBER 21, 2010 [MARKANDEY KAT JU AND T. S. THAKUR, JJ.) Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 125 - Maintenance - Claim of - Woman seeking maintenance from C appellant claiming to be his legally wedded to claimant holding that appellant was legally wedded to claimant and not D to 'L' - On appeal, held: Courts below erred in holding that appellant was not married to 'L' without even issuing notice to 'L' - No finding that claimant and appellant had lived together for a reasonably long period
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