Supreme Court · 1978 INSC 104 · Decided 4 May 1978
Lila Gupta v. Laxmi Narain & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1978 INSC 104 · [1978] 3 S.C.R. 922
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2585/1969
- Decided
- 4 May 1978
- Bench
- Y.V. CHANDRACHUD, D.A. DESAI, R.S. PATHAK (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 227; Hindu Marriage Act Section 15
Headnote
F G H 922 LILA GUPTA v. LAXMI NARAIN & ORS. May 4, 1978 [Y. V. CHANDRACHUD, C.J., D. A. DESAI AND R. S. PATHAK, JJ.J Ilindu Marriage Act, 1955-s. 15, scope of-Whether a rnarriage contracted in contravention of or in violation of the proviso to s. 15 of the Act is void of 1nerely invalid not earlier to the marriage with her, contracted a marriage \Vith one Sada Gupta. Both Rajendra Kumar and Sarla Gupta- filed suits against each other praying for a decree of divorce, which were decreed on April 8, 1963 granting the di· vorce. The marriage with the appellant Lila Gupta was
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