Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 1124 · Decided 27 September 1996
R. Lakshmi v. K. Saraswathi Ammal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 1124 · [1996] SUPP. 7 S.C.R. 79
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 12664/1996
- Decided
- 27 September 1996
- Bench
- B.P. JEEVAN REDDY, K.S. PARIPOORNAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC
Headnote
A v. K. SARASWATHI AMMAL SEPTEMBER 27, 1996 [B.P. JEEVAN REDDY AND KS. PARIPOORNAN, JJ.) B Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: Order IX Rule 13-Ex-parte decre~Application for setting it aside-Husband died after obtaining ex-parte decree of divorce-Wife's ap- C plication for setting aside the said by him is effective in law and determines the status of the applicant as wife apart from detemiining her rights in the properties of her deceased hus­ band-This gives her locus standi and right to contest divorce proceedings D even after death of her husband-Matter remitted to trial court to
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