Supreme Court of India

N. Rajendran v. S. Valli

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Reported as [2022] 16 S.C.R. 498
Bench K.M. Joseph J.
Decided 3 February 2022

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What the Court ordered

Held as under : (AIR pp. 24-25) The Hindu Marriage Act is a special law.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 – ss.13(1)(ia), 15 – Family Courts Act, 1984 – ss. 19, 20 – Limitation Act, 1963 – s. 29 – Cruelty – Irretrievable breakdown of marriage – Dissolution of Ma rriage – Case of appellant that respondent left appellant an d returned to her parental home – Divorce petition by appellant o n ground of cruelty – Family Court allowed divorce petition – Responde nt filed appeal under section 19 of the Family Courts Act, 1984 before t he High Court – Appellant contended that the time for filing an appeal had expired and so he had re-remarried on the strength of the decr ee of

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