Supreme Court of India

Hirachand Sr!nivas Managaonkar v. Sunanda

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Reported as [2001] 2 S.C.R. 491
Bench D.P. Mohapatra and Doraiswamy Raju JJ.
Decided 20 March 2001

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Hindu Law: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955: Sections 10(2), 13(1- )(i) and 23(l)(a). Judicial Separation-Maintenance not paid-Divorce petition- Maintainability of-Decree for judicial separation passed on wife's application on ground of husband's adultery-Husband did not pay maintenance to wife and daughter-Husband continued to live in adultery-Husband filed petition for divorce as cohabitation not resumed for a period of more than one year­ Held : It is nor mandatory to grant decree of divorce merely because there is no cohabitation for the requisite period-After judicial separation it is the duty

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