Supreme Court · 1974 INSC 190 · Decided 1 October 1974
Satya v. Teja Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1974 INSC 190 · [1975] 2 S.C.R. 197
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 187/1970
- Decided
- 1 October 1974
- Bench
- HANS RAJ KHANNA, Y.V. CHANDRACHUD (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 488; CPC Section 13(a); Evidence Act Section 41, 44; Hindu Marriage Act
Headnote
Code of Civil Procedure (Aci 5 of 1908) s. 13 and Indian Evidence Act (I of 1872) s. 41-lndians m_arried in [ndia-Judgmelll of American State Court granting divorce to husband-When may be recognised by Indian Courts. Section 13(a), Civil Procedure Code, 1908, makes a .foreign judgment conclusive by a Court of competent iurisdiction;' and s. 41, Indian Evidence Act, 1872, provides that a final judgment of a competent Court in the exercise of matrimonial jurisdiction is conclusive proof that the legal character which it confers or takes away accr.ied or ceased at the tim~ declared in
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