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“The Court’s role is to understand the purpose of law in society and to assist the law in achieving its intended purpose. An interpretation which reduces the subordinate legislation to a futility should be avoided, and a view that the rule making authority made the rule only for the purpose of bringing about an effective result should be adopted.”
“The Hindu Marriage Act does not recognise childlessness as a justifiable circumstance for entering into wedlock with a person who is already in the subsisting wedlock with another.”
“To raise the presumption of a valid marriage for Section 125 of CrPC based on cohabitation, the couple must be qualified to marry and not be within the prohibited degrees of marriage.”
“There might be cases where a candidate belonging to a particular religion, in which polygamy is not prohibited, has contracted multiple marriages. If contention about impermissibility to add column in Form 26 Affidavit is accepted, such candidate would never be able to contest any election as disclosure of information about additional wife would attract ground for declaring the election void.”
The Supreme Court has held that children born from Null and Void marriages would be entitled to rights in or to the absolute property of the parents and no other person.
Madras High Court: R. Pongiappan, J., observed that: “…saptpadi for Hindus is the necessary requirement, which if completed make a marriage valid in
Supreme Court: In a unique case where a 19-year-old girl Thushara, who had married a 19-year-old boy Nandakumar on 12.04.2017, was sent