In this civil revision filed under Article 227 of the Constitution, the petitioner is questioning the validity of the judgment dated 17-12-2007 passed by the learned Judge, Family Court, Agartala, West Tripura in Title Suit (Nullity) No.138 of 2007 declaring the marriage between the respondent No.1 and the respondent No.2 as null and void and also declaring the certificate of marriage obtained by them on 12-1-2007 as inoperative and null and void.

2. The petitioner is the second husband of the respondent No.1, whereas the respondent No.2 is the first husband of the respondent No.1. The case of the petitioner is that the marriage between the respondent No.1 and the respondent No.2 was solemnized on 14-12-2006 at Indranagar, and was thereafter duly registered before the Registrar, Hindu Marriage, West Tripura on 12-1-2007. According to the petitioner, he was not aware of this marriage nor was this fact disclosed to him by the respondent No.1. By suppressing her said subsisting marriage with the respondent No.2, the respondent No.1 entered into marriage with the petitioner on 29-11-2012 as per Hindu rites and customs. It is the allegation of the petitioner that when h