Supreme Court · 1982 INSC 59 · Decided 30 July 1982
Reynold Rajamani & ANR. v. Union of India & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1982 INSC 59 · [1983] 1 S.C.R. 32
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2631/1982
- Decided
- 30 July 1982
- Bench
- R.S. PATHAK, O. CHINNAPPA REDDY, BAHARUL ISLAM (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
• \ Indian Divorce Act 18691 Ss. 7, 10-'MutuaJ, consent' whether a ground for ~ divorce. , ~ Interpretation of Statutes-Matrimonial statutes-Legi1/ation by lncorpora .. D lion-Post 1947 British laws wheth~r incorporated into Indian lilw. E F • G H The appellants, who were husband and under section 27 Of· the Indian Christian Marriage Act 1872. They filed a joint petition under Section 28 of the Special Marriage Act for a decree of divorce by mutual consent in the District Court. The trial court dismissed the petition on th.e ground that section 28 of the
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