Supreme Court of India
D. Velusamy v. D. Patchaiammal
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We are of the opinion that the High Court and the learned Family Court Judge erred in law in holding that the appellant was not married 8 to Lakshmi without even issuing notice to Lakshmi.
Judgment, page 16
From the headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s. 125 - Maintenance - Claim of - Woman seeking maintenance from appellant claiming to be his legally wedded wife - Appellant refuting the status of claimant as wife and claiming himself to be legally wedded to another woman-'L' - Courts below without issuing notice to 'L', granting maintenance to claimant holding that appellant was legally wedded to claimant and not to 'L' - On appeal, held: Courts below erred in holding that appellant was not married to 'L' without even issuing notice to 'L' - No finding that claimant and appellant had lived together for a
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- 2020 Rajnesh v. Neha & Anr.
- 2013 Indra Sarma v. V.K.V. Sarma
- 2012 Deoki Panjhiyara v. Shashi Bhushan Narayan Azad & Anr.
- 2011 Inderjit Singh Grewal v. State of Punjab & Anr.
Of those, 1 distinguished · 3 referred to · 1 mentioned
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