Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 465 · Decided 15 July 2013
Sondur Gopal v. Sondur Rajini
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 465 · [2013] 10 S.C.R. 706
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4629/2005
- Decided
- 15 July 2013
- Bench
- C.K. PRASAD, V. GOPALA GOWDA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 245(2); Hindu Marriage Act Section 1(2), 2(1), 10
Headnote
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 - ss.1(2), 2(1) and 10 - Extent C and applicability of the Act - Extra-territorial operation - Wife's petition for judicial separation and custody of children - Maintainability of - Challenged by husband on ground that the parties had no domicile in India and, hence, were has extra-territorial D operation and applies to Hindus domiciled in India even if they reside outside India - If the requirement of domicile in India is omitted a/together, the Act shall have no nexus with India which shall render the Act vulnerable on the ground that extra-territorial operation
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