Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 413 · Decided 31 August 2001
S. Nagalingam v. Sivagami
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 413 · [2001] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 454
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 882/2001
- Decided
- 31 August 2001
- Bench
- D.P. MOHAPATRA, K.G. BALAKRISHNAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 494; Hindu Marriage Act Section 7
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 : S.494-Bigamy-!ngredients explained-Husband contracting a second C marriage during the subsistence of the first marriage-Held, in the/acts of the case, the husband committed offence of bigamy. Hindu Marriage Act, 1956 : S. 7 and S. 7-A (as inserted by Tamil Nadu a/Tamil Nadu-During subsistence of firs/ marriage second marriage performed by husband in the presence of relatives and friends­ Complainan/ u/s. 494 !PC by the first wife-Magistrate acquitting the husband holding that second marriage was not a valid marriage as Saptapadi was not E
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