IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
V.LAKSHMINARAYANAN, J
G. Kothandaraman – Appellant
Versus
Latha – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. marriage claim and respondent's denial (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 13 , 14) |
| 2. respondent's plea of no marriage (Para 9 , 10 , 11 , 12) |
| 3. family court's dismissal of application (Para 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21) |
ORDER :
This civil revision petition challenges the order passed by the learned IV Additional Principal Family Court at Chennai in I.A.No.3 of 2022 in O.P.No.5091 of 2021 dated 12.01.2024.
3. O.P.No.5091 of 2021 is a petition filed under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act. In the said proceedings, the respondent filed an application seeking for rejection of Original Petition. This petition was numbered as I.A.No.3 of 2022. After receipt of a counter, the learned Trial Judge by order dated 12.01.2024 dismissed the application. Hence, this revision.
5. The petitioner further stated that prior to the matrimony, the petitioner was an employee with the respondent. During this period of employer-employee relationship, the parties developed an intimate relationship. In the relationship, the petitioner conceived on a couple of occasions. On the request of the respondent, the pregnancies were terminated. The petitioner pleaded that on 15.05.1996, the responden

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