Kerala High Court rules that a second husband cannot challenge the validity of marriage even if the wife’s prior divorce decree was granted hours after their wedding on the same day.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India ruled that a woman is entitled to claim maintenance from her second husband under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), even if her first marriage is legally still valid. A bench comprising Justices B V Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma upheld the plea of a woman against a 2017 High Court ruling. The High Court had denied her maintenance on the grounds that her first marriage was legally subsisting. However, it had allowed maintenance for the daughter born from her second marriage.
