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Tulsa and Ors. v. Durghatiya and Ors.

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Reported as [2008] 1 S.C.R. 709
Bench Dr. Arijit Pasavat and P. Sathasivam JJ.
Decided 15 January 2008

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Evidence Act, 1872 - ss. 50 and 114 - Presumption as -r. to marriage between two persons living together - Scope of - Held: The act of marriage can be presumed from the common c course of natural events and the conduct of parties - Where the partners lived together for long time as husband and wife, there would be presumption in favour of wedlock - The presumption is rebuttable, but a heavy burden lies on the person who seeks to prove that no marriage took place. The joint ancestral property in question was originally owned by Respondent No.1's husband and his two brothers, 'R' and 'S'. After

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