Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 197 · Decided 12 February 2025
Sukhdev Singh v. Sukhbir Kaur
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 197 · [2025] 2 S.C.R. 1569
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2536/2019
- Decided
- 12 February 2025
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, AHSANUDDIN AMANULLAH, AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Reference answered
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- BNSS Section 25; CrPC Section 125; CPC Section 2(2); Constitution; Hindu Marriage Act Section 11, 5, 23, 24, 25
Headnote
Whether a spouse of a marriage declared as void under s.11 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, is entitled to claim permanent alimony and maintenance under u/s.25 of the Act; whether in a petition filed seeking a declaration under s.11 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, a to seek maintenance pendente lite under u/s.24 of the Act. Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 - ss.5, 11, 23, 24, 25 - Whether spouse of marriage declared as void can claim permanent alimony u/s.25 and whether maintenance pendente lite can be granted u/s.24 in a s.11 HMA
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