1	MAHENDRA MANILAL NANAVATI Vs. SUSHILA MAHENDRA NANAVATI	Coram: DAYAL, RAGHUBAR	18/03/1964	Hindu Law-Annulment of marriage on ground that respondent was at the time of marriage pregnant by some person other than petitioner-Satisfaction of court under s. 23-Nature of onus on husband in matrimonial cases-Whether court can act upon	The appellant is a resident of Bombay while the father of respondent was a resident of Prantij in the former State of Baroda. They were betrothed in 1945 and their marriage was solemnised at Bombay according to Hindu rites on March 10, 1947.	Click here to see Subject, Head Notes, Citation and Judgement
2	LILA GUPTA Vs. LAXMI NARAIN & ORS.	Coram: DESAI, D.A.	04/05/1978	Hindu Marriage Act, 1955-s. 15, scope of--Whether a marriage contracted, in contravention of or in violation of the proviso to s. 15 of the Act is void of merely invalid not affecting the core of marriage and the parties are subject to a bin	The husband of the appellant-late Rajendra Kumar had earlier to the marriage with her, contracted a marriage with one Sarla Gupta. Both Rajendra Kumar and Sarla Gupta, filed suits against each other praying for a decree of divorce, which we	Click here to see Subject, Head Notes, Citation and Judgement
3	GOPAL LAL Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN	Coram: FAZALALI, SYED MURTAZA	30/01/1979	Bigamy, offence of under section 494 I.P.C.-Admission and legal evidence of actual marriage by custom of nata marriage attracts the provisions of section 494 I.P.C. Nata marriage by customs and therefore void under section 17 of t	After having fallen out and parted company with his wife Kanchan in the year 1963, the appellant, belonging to Telli community contracted a second marriage prevalent amongst his community with Gopi on 20th March 1969. A compla	Click here to see Subject, Head Notes, Citation and Judgement
4	GUDA VIJAYALAKSHMI Vs. GUDA RAMCHANDRA SEKHARA SASTRY	Coram: TULZAPURKAR, V.D.	13/03/1981	Transfer of proceedings under the Hindu Marriage Act- Power of the Supreme Court to transfer under section 25 of the Civil Procedure Code-Whether section 25 C.P.C. gets excluded by reason of provisions of sections 21 and 21A of the Hindu	The petitioner (wife) filed a suit (O.P. 72/79) in forma pauperis seeking maintenance from the respondent (husband) in the court of subordinate Judge, Eluru (Andhra Pradesh). On the receipt of the notice of the suit, the respon	Click here to see Subject, Head Notes, Citation and Judgement
5	JEEWANTI PANDEY Vs. KISHAN CHANDRA PANDEY	Coram: SEN, A.P. (J)	20/10/1981	Family Law-Jurisdiction of the District Court to entertain a petition for mullity of marriage under section 12 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Words and Phrases-Meaning of the word "residence"- Section 19(ii) of the Hindu Marriag	The appellant is the wife, and the respondent is the husband. The parties originally belonged to village Bagyan, District Pithoragrh in the State of Uttar Pradesh. They fell in love and the appellant became encients, as the respondent had ac	Click here to see Subject, Head Notes, Citation and Judgement
6	SMT. SAROJ RANI Vs. SUDARSHAN KUMAR CHADHA	Coram: MUKHARJI, SABYASACHI (J)	08/08/1984	Constitution of India 1950, Articles 13,14 and 21. Remedy of resitution of conjugal rights-Section 9, Hindu Marriage Act 1955-Whether violates human dignity, right to privacy and personal liberty- And whether valid and constitutional	The wife-appellant filed a suit against the husband- respondent under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act 1955, for restitution of conjugal rights. Though the respondent contested the petition contending that he had neither turned the app	Click here to see Subject, Head Notes, Citation and Judgement
7	SHOBHA RANI Vs. MADHUKAR REDDI	Coram: SHETTY, K.J. (J)	12/11/1987	Hindu Marriage Act, 1955: Section 13(1)(i-a)-`Cruelty'- Demand for dowry-Whether cruelty-Whether wife entitled to decree for dissolution of marriage-`Intention'-Whether necessary to constitute and prove cruelty in matrimonial cases.	% The appellant-wife, a post-graduate in biological sciences, married the respondent-husband, a medical doctor on December 19, 1982. Soon after, relations between them became bitter. Ultimately, the appellant-wife moved the court f	Click here to see Subject, Head Notes, Citation and Judgement
8	SMT. YAMUNABAI ANANTRAo ADHAV A Vs. RANANTRAo SHIVRAM ADHAV AND ANOTHER	Coram: SHARMA, L.M. (J)	27/01/1988	Criminal Procedure Code, 1973: Section 125-Hindu woman marrying a Hindu man having a lawfully wedded wife -Whether entitled to maintenance-Personal law of the party-Whether can be excluded-Expression 'wife'-Meaning of. Hindu Marriage A	% The appellant was married to the first respondent by observance of rites under Hindu Law in June, 1974, while the first respondent's earlier marriage was subsisting and the wife was alive. After living with the first respondent for a week	Click here to see Subject, Head Notes, Citation and Judgement
9	TEJINDER KAUR Vs. GURMIT SINGH	Coram: SEN, A.P. (J)	23/02/1988	Constitution of India, 1950: Article 136-Decree for dissolution of marriage-Upheld by High Court-Wife filing SLP-Husband contracting second marriage one month after dismissal of appeal by High Court-SLP whether rendered infructuo	% Section 15 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 provided that when a marriage was dissolved by a decree of divorce, it shall be lawful for either of the spouses to marry again, where either there was no right of appeal or where there was such	Click here to see Subject, Head Notes, Citation and Judgement
10	SMT. LATA KAMAT Vs. VILAS	Coram: OZA, G.L. (J)	29/03/1989	Hindu Marriage Act 1956: Sections 11, 12, 13 a nd 28---Decree of nullity and decree of divorce--Distincti on between--Marriage declared nullity--Wife fili ng appeal--Husband marrying after trial Court decree but befo re	A decree in favour of the respondent-husband was grant ed by the Trial Court declaring his marriage with the appella nt to be a nullity under section 12(1)(d) of the Hindu Marria ge Act, 1956 on the ground that the wife at the time of ma r-	Click here to see Subject, Head Notes, Citation and Judgement
11	MAHARANI KUSUMKUMARI AND ANR. Vs. SMT. KUSUMKUMARI JADEJA AND ANR.	Coram: SHARMA, L.M. (J)	01/02/1991	Hindu Marriage Act, 1955: Section II-Petition to declare marriage a nullity-Whether maintainable after death of petitioner's spouse. Practice and Procedure: Proceedings involving issues relating to marital status-Question dependen	The appellant No.1 -Maharani was married to a Maharaja in 1960 and the daughter-appellant no.2 was born of the wedlock in 1964. The relationship between the husband and the wife thereafter ceased to be cordial and the appellant start	Click here to see Subject, Head Notes, Citation and Judgement
12	ANITA LAXMI NARAYAN SINGH Vs. LAXMI NARAIN SINGH	Coram: AHMADI, A.M. (J)	24/03/1992	Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 : Section 13-Divorce-Petition by husband at Bombay-Wife required to travel a long distance to defend proceedings- Transfer petition by wife-Supreme Court directing sufficient expenses for wife's stay and travel expens	The respondent was married to appellant at Ghaziabad. He filed a Divorce Petition at Bombay and the appellant-wife filed applications for maintenance and expenses of the divorce proceedings. Subsequently she filed a Transfer petition	Click here to see Subject, Head Notes, Citation and Judgement
13	MRS. PAYAL ASHOK KUMAR JINDAL Vs. CAPT. ASHOK KUMAR JINDAL	Coram: KULDIP SINGH (J)	06/05/1992	Family Court's Act, 1984 : Section 10. Hindu Marriage Act, 1956 : Section 13. Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 Or 5. Rule 9, 10 and 9 rule 6. Constitution of India, 1950 : Articles 136 and 142. Divorce proceedings against w	The parties to the appeal were married on January 24, 1988 at Noida near Delhi. They hardly lived as husband and wife at Pune for about seven months when on August 16, 1988 the husband-Respondent filed a petition under Section 13 of the Hi	Click here to see Subject, Head Notes, Citation and Judgement
14	SMT. CHAND DHAWAN Vs. JAWAHARLAL DHAWAN	Coram: PUNCHHI, M.M.	11/06/1993	% Hindu Marriage Act, 1955-S. 25 and Ss. 9 to 14, 24 & 28-`Any decree' in S. 25-Dismissing of matrimonial petition, held, does not constitute `only decree' for award of permanent maintenance or alimony--Marital status has to be affected or disr	The parties were married in 1972 in Punjab. In 1985, a petition for divorce by mutual consent was filed in court at Amritsar The appellant-wife alleged that she was not a consenting party, and the petition was dismissed in 1987 followin	Click here to see Subject, Head Notes, Citation and Judgement
15	PREETI SINGH Vs. SANDEEP SINGH AND ORS.	Coram: K. RAMASWAMY , B.L. HANSARIA	25/04/1995	Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 : Section 13(B)(1) & (2) Divorce by Mutual Consent-Petition for-Court's Directions. Pursuant to an order of the Court, the appellant and the respondent filed a petition for mutual divorce as a result of which the marriag	Disposing the petition this court directed : 1. In terms of the compromise all the proceedings instituted by either party in any Court or before any authority stand withdrawn and dismissed. [744-C] 2. The amount of Rs. 1.25 lakhs and Rs. 3	Click here to see Subject, Head Notes, Citation and Judgement