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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
BIBEK CHAUDHURI, CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA
Manoj Kumar @ Munna Son of Yadunandan Prasad Yadav – Appellant
Versus
Nita Bharti Wife of Manoj Kumar – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. factual background of the marriage and disputes. (Para 2 , 3 , 4) |
| 2. details of evidence presented in court. (Para 5 , 6 , 7 , 8) |
| 3. appellant's arguments regarding the validity of the marriage. (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14) |
| 4. respondent's arguments regarding the validity of the marriage. (Para 15 , 16 , 17) |
| 5. court's analysis of the marriage's validity. (Para 18 , 19 , 20) |
| 6. court's interpretation of the special marriage act. (Para 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26) |
| 7. court's reasoning regarding the non-fulfillment of legal requirements. (Para 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32) |
| 8. court's discussion on the doctrine of frustration in matrimonial law. (Para 33 , 34 , 35 , 36) |
| 9. conclusion and order for dissolution of the marriage. (Para 59 , 60 , 61) |
ORAL JUDGMENT :
(Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA)
Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the appellant and learned counsel for the respondent.
2. The present appeal taken on our board, which preferred against the impugned judgment dated 28.02.2018 as passed by learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Begusarai in Divorce Case No. 69 of 2013, whereunder the petition as brought by the applicant/respondent, Nita Bharti, who is th
The marriage was validly solemnized under the Special Marriage Act, and prolonged separation along with subsequent events renders the continuation of marital obligations impossible, invoking the doct....
Solemnization of second marriage by wife during subsistence of first constitutes mental cruelty, justifying divorce; additional evidence thereof admissible in appeal.
(1) A marriage is more than a seemingly simple union between two individuals – As a social institution, all marriages have legal, economic, cultural, and religious ramifications.(2) There is no neces....
A decree of divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act requires substantial evidence of cruelty or desertion, which must not rely solely on allegations, while recognizing irretrievable breakdown as a basis....
Irretrievable breakdown of marriage can substantiate grounds of cruelty and desertion for divorce under the Special Marriage Act, despite not being an independent ground in Indian law.
(1) Divorce – In matrimonial matters involving two individuals, it is not for society or for Court to sit in judgment over which spouses’ approach is correct or not – Long period of separation withou....
Prolonged separation and absence of cohabitation constitute mental cruelty under Section 13(1)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act, justifying divorce.
Husband's unproven allegations of wife's religious insistence, cohabitation refusal, and separate living demand do not constitute cruelty; his rebuff of her reconciliation efforts bars divorce as own....
The court held that continuous allegations of cruelty and the breakdown of marital relations constitute valid grounds for divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act.
The main legal point established in the judgment is the concept of irretrievable breakdown of marriage as a weighty circumstance necessitating the severance of marital ties.
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