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A Hindu wife seeks a decree of judicial separation from her Hindu husband. After one year she married…

Judicial separation does not dissolve the marital tie, so remarriage by the wife while the decree subsists amounts to bigamy and the second marriage is "Void" under Section…

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A Hindu wife seeks a decree of judicial separation from her Hindu husband. After one year she married again. The marriage is

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Judicial separation does not dissolve the marital tie, so remarriage by the wife while the decree subsists amounts to bigamy and the second marriage is "Void" under Section 11 read with Section 5(i) of the Hindu Marriage Act.

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