Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 210 · Decided 8 February 1996
SMT. Gurnam Kaur and ANR. v. Puran Singh and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 210 · [1996] 2 S.C.R. 322
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1542/1975
- Decided
- 8 February 1996
- Bench
- K. RAMASWAMY, G.B. PATTANAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Hindu Marriage Act Section 16; Hindu Succession Act Section 8; Succession Act
Headnote
KAUR AND ANR. v. PURAN SINGH AND ORS. FEBRUARY 8, 1996 B [K. RAMASWAMY AND G.B. PAITANAIK, JJ.) Hindu Marriage Act, 1955: Section 16 as amended by Amendment Act 68 of 1976--Pre-conditions under S.12 done away with-No need for declaration of earlier maniage as C nullity-Consequentially as if father's property. D CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION: Civil Appeal No. 1542 of i975. From the Judgment and Order dated 14.8.75 of the Punjab & Haryana High Court in R.S.A. No. 1314 of 1973. E V.C. Mahajan and S.K. Mehta and P.N. Puri for the Appellants. F Arvind Minocha for the Respondent. R.S.
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