No Saptapadi, No Marriage: Patna High Court Rejects Wife’s Claim Without Proof Of 7 Pheras

The Patna High Court held that a Section 125 CrPC maintenance order and voter-list entries cannot prove a valid Hindu marriage absent proof of saptapadi and essential ceremonies. Patna: The Patna High Court has held that a woman failed to establish that she was the legally wedded wife of her late husband’s younger brother, ruling […]

Strict Proof of Marriage Not Mandatory for Maintenance Claim: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court held that strict proof of marriage should not defeat a maintenance claim where parties lived as husband and wife, setting aside a family court order that denied maintenance solely for want of legal marriage.