Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 601 · Decided 23 August 2011
Inderjit Singh Grewal v. State of Punjab & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 601 · [2011] 10 S.C.R. 557
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1635/2011
- Decided
- 23 August 2011
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, B.S. CHAUHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC Section 482; Domestic Violence Act
Headnote
A B Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 482 - Parties obtained decree of divorce by mutual consent - Complaint filed by wife before the police under the Protection of Women c from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 that the divorce decree was sham - Subsequently, criminal complaint also filed under the - Meanwhile husband filed an application u/s. 482 Cr. P. C. for quashing the complaint - Subsequently, wife filed a civil suit for declaration 0 that decree for divorce was null and void as it was obtained by fraud - During pendency, application by wife for grant of custody of minor child as
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