Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 380 · Decided 11 May 2011
FLG. Officer Rajiv Gakhar v. MS. Bhavana @ Sahar Wasif
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 380 · [2011] 6 S.C.R. 372
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4278/2011
- Decided
- 11 May 2011
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, H.L. GOKHALE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 406, 419, 420; Hindu Marriage Act Section 5, 12
Headnote
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955: ss. 5, 12 - Divorce petition filed by appellant-husband uls.5 for declaring his marriage nullity c on the ground of cheating and misrepresentation by the respondent-wife - Allegation in the petition against wife was that she did not disclose to the appellant prior to conversion to Islam and previous marriage with a muslim, about the birth of two children out of D said wedlock and her divorce from him - Trial court granted divorce - High Court set aside the divorce decree - On appeal, held: The analysis of the assertion of the wife and witnesses clearly showed
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