Supreme Court of India

Y. Narasimha Rao and Ors. v. Y. Venkata Lakshmi and Anr.

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Reported as [1991] 2 S.C.R. 821
Bench Ranganath Misra J.
Decided 9 July 1991

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that this clause should be interpreted to mean that only that court will be a court of competent jurisdiction which the Act or the law under which the parties are married recog­ nises as a court of competent jurisdiction to entertain the matrimonial dispute.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955: Section 19. Dissolution of marriage -Court .to which petition should be presented-Parties marrying in India under Hindu Law-Husband's petition for dissolution of mar­ riage in Foreign Court--Fraud-Incorrect representation of jurisdic­ tional facts-Husband neither domiciled nor had intention to make the foreign state his home but only technically satisfying the requirement of residence of 90 days for the purpose of obtaining divorce-Divorce decree by foregin court on a ground not available under the 1955 Act­ Enforceability of. Civil Procedure Code, 1908: Section 13.

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