Supreme Court of India

Mr. Anurag Mittal v. Mrs. Shaily Mishra Mittal

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Bench S.A. Bobde and L. Nageswara Rao JJ.
Decided 24 August 2018

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the restriction placed on a second marriage in Section 15 of the Act till the dismissal of an appeal would not apply to a case where parties have settled and decided not to pursue the appeal.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 – s. 15 and 5(i) – Divorced persons, when may marry again – Marriage between the appellant and the respondent during the pendency of the appeal against the decree of divorce – Marriage was entered into after application for withdrawal of appeal, though before the order of withdrawal was passed – Validity of the second marriage – Held: Section 15 provides that the second marriage by either party shall be lawful only after dismissal of an appeal against the decree of divorce, if filed – In case an appeal is presented, any marriage before dismissal of the appeal shall…

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 referred to

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