Supreme Court Says Foreign Divorce on Unrecognised Grounds Not Valid in India
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Foreign divorce invalid in India if grounds not recognised by Indian law: Supreme Court
The court refused to quash criminal proceedings against a man who married a second time in the UK on the basis of a divorce decree granted by a UK court on the ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage.
A divorce granted by a foreign court will not automatically be valid in India. The Supreme Court has clarified that the conditions under Indian law must be met. Failure to do so could result in a bigamy case against the person entering into a second marriage.
If you get divorced in a foreign court after getting married in India and then remarry, can there be any legal problems? Does acquiring foreign citizenship automatically relieve you of this legal responsibility? If you want to know what our Constitution says about this, then read the information below.
An Indian man's decision to divorce abroad and remarry has proved costly. The Supreme Court has clarified that a marriage solemnized in India cannot be considered dissolved merely by obtaining a divorce from a foreign court.
In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court has ruled that, in the case of a marriage contracted in India, taking advantage of liberal foreign laws to obtain a divorce does not automatically terminate the marriage under Indian law.
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