PoliticsPhoto: Deccan HeraldSupreme Court Rules Foreign Divorce Not Shield Against Bigamy
The Supreme Court ruled that a foreign divorce decree based on irretrievable breakdown of marriage, a ground not recognized under Hindu marriage laws, does not protect a man from bigamy prosecution under IPC Section 494. The court dismissed a plea by a doctor who remarried after a UK divorce and citizenship, stating such foreign decrees lack automatic recognition in India.
Deccan Herald··New Delhi



