Supreme Court of India
Indra Sarma v. V.K.V. Sarma
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the relationship between the appellant and the F respondent is a relationship in the nature of a marriage, we will be doing an injustice to the legally wedded wife and children who opposed that relationship.
Judgment, page 56
From the headnote
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 - ss. 2(f) and 3 - "Live-in relationship" - If would amount to a "relationship in the nature of marriage" falling. within the definition of "domestic relationship" uls.2(f) - Failure to maintain a woman involved in such a relationship - If amounts to "domestic violence" within meaning of s.3 - Held: All live in-relationships are not relationships in the nature of marriage - On facts, appellant, an unmarried woman, entered into a live-in-relationship with respondent knowing that he was married person, with wife and two children, hence, the
Authorities it was built on
- 1988 Hindustan Thompson Associates Ltd. v. Mrs. Maya Inderson Israni & Ors.
- 1952 Thakur Gokalchand v. Parvin Kumari
- 2010 S. Khushboo v. Kanniammal and Anr.
- 2006 Lata Singh v. State of U.P. and Anr.
- 2008 Tulsa and Ors. v. Durghatiya and Ors.
- 2010 D. Velusamy v. D. Patchaiammal
- 2012 Deoki Panjhiyara v. Shashi Bhushan Narayan Azad & Anr.
Where later benches applied it
- 2022 Kattukandi Edathil Krishnan & Anr. v. Kattukandi Edathil Valsan & Ors.
- 2022 Prabha Tyagi v. Kamlesh Devi
- 2022 The State of Maharashtra v. 63 Moons Technologies Ltd.
- 2021 Dr. Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil v. The Chief Minister & Ors.
- 2020 Rajnesh v. Neha & Anr.
- 2016 Hiral P. Harsora and Ors. v. Kusum Narottamdas Harsora and Ors.
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