Supreme Court of India

Sarwan Kumar and Anr. v. Madan Lal Aggarwal

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Reported as [2003] 1 S.C.R. 918

Bench Syed Shah Mohammed Quadri and Ashok Bhan JJ.

Decided 6 February 2003

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the second marriage of a Hindu husband after conversion to Islam, without having his first marriage dissolved under law, would be invalid.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Rent Control and Eviction: -r c Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958-Sections 14 and 50-Decree for ejectment qua commercial tenancy by civil court-Subsequent decision of Supreme Court declaring commercial tenancy heritable-Thus civil court lacked jurisdiction to pass such decree-However Executing Court and High Court holding decree having attained.finality could not be declared nullity-On appeal, held decree ~· passed by Court having_ no jurisdiction would be a nullity, thus inexecutable- Objection to execution of decree can be taken whenever it is sought to be enforced including stage of execution

Authorities it was built on

1995 Chandrashekhar Gajanan Bhogaonkar v. Yeshwant Dhondi Potdar and Ors cited by 1

Where later benches applied it

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2025 Directorate of Revenue Intelligence v. Raj Kumar Arora & Ors. referred to
2024 Central Organisation for Railway Electrification v. M/s Eci Spic Smo Mcml (jv) A Joint Venture Company referred to
2024 Mineral Area Development Authority & Anr. v. M/s Steel Authority of India & Anr. Etc. referred to
2012 Bangalore City Cooperative Housing Society Ltd. v. State of Karnataka and Others referred to

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