Supreme Court · 1991 INSC 80 · Decided 20 March 1991
K. Vimala v. K. Veeraswamy
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1991 INSC 80 · [1991] 1 S.C.R. 904
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 664/1990
- Decided
- 20 March 1991
- Bench
- A.M. AHMADI, V. RAMASWAMI, M. FATHIMA BEEVI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 125
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: Section 125-Scope and object of-Wife's application for maintenance-Husband's plea of mar­ riage being void on account of subsistence of his earlier marriage-Held Court should insist on strict proof of earlier marriage-Insurance nomi­ nation and entry in application for maintenance against "y respondent-husband under section 125 of the Code of Criminal Proce- D dure, 1973. The respondent contested the application on the ground that appellant was not his legally wedded wife since their marriage was void on account of subsistence of
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