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According to Sarla Mudgal v. Union of India (1995), does a Hindu husband’s conversion to Islam by…

Sarla Mudgal held that "No; conversion alone does not dissolve the subsisting first marriage", so a second marriage during its subsistence was void and was examined under…

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According to Sarla Mudgal v. Union of India (1995), does a Hindu husband’s conversion to Islam by itself permit a valid second marriage while his first Hindu marriage remains undissolved and his first wife is living?

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Sarla Mudgal held that "No; conversion alone does not dissolve the subsisting first marriage", so a second marriage during its subsistence was void and was examined under the then IPC bigamy provision. "Yes; conversion automatically dissolves the first marriage", "Yes; no dissolution is required if the first wife is merely informed" and "Yes; conversion makes the first marriage void from its beginning" are therefore wrong; the holding does not bar remarriage after lawful dissolution.

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