Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 586 · Decided 12 December 2012
Deoki Panjhiyara v. Shashi Bhushan Narayan Azad & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 586 · [2012] 11 S.C.R. 825
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2032/2012
- Decided
- 12 December 2012
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, RANJAN GOGOI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Hindu Marriage Act Section 11; Domestic Violence Act Section 12
Headnote
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005: A B s. 12 - Proceedings before trial court -Interim maintenance granted by trial court - Set aside by High Court on production C of marriage certificate showing the first marriage of appellant with another man - Held: If according to him and the appellant was void on acpount of the previous marriage of the appellant, he ought to have obtained the necessary declaration from competent court in D view of the highly contentious questions raised by appellant on the said score - In the absence of any valid decree of nullity or the
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