JUDGMENT

Ashok Bhushan, A.C.J.—This Writ Petition, filed as a public interest litigation seeks a direction to register case under Section 494 of the Indian Penal Code against all citizens who commit the offence of bigamy irrespective of their personal law.

Brief facts of the case as stated in the Writ Petition are: Petitioner claimed to be an Indian male running a footwear business. He claimed to be actively engaged in promoting social welfare. The reason for filing the Writ Petition as has been stated in paragraph 7 of the Writ Petition are: A lady called Afitha married one Abdul Kareem on 30.4.2014. According to the said lady, Abul Kareem married her as per the Muslim customary rites after convincing her that his first wife was a mental patient and he would look after the said Afitha properly. It is further stated that after the marriage Abdul Kareem took the lady to his house and on the next day the husband after taking 5 sovereigns of gold ornaments dropped the lady in her relative’s house and thereafter did not bother to take care of the said lady. The said lady has lodged a complaint against her husband on which Crime No.1994 of 2014 was registered for the offences punishable