The Supreme Court held that a UK divorce decree granted on irretrievable breakdown of marriage cannot shield a husband married in India under Hindu rites from bigamy prosecution, while quashing the case against his parents and second wife.
The Karnataka High Court quashed a bigamy case filed by wife against her 73-year-old husband and his live-in partner, concluding that their relationship could not attract the offence alleged. The Court remarked, “A mere live-in relationship does not amount to a marriage,”
The Supreme Court Today (August 9th) stayed criminal proceedings against former Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya in connection with a cheating and bigamy case against his daughter.
