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Identify the case in which the Supreme Court ruled that where a man and a woman live together for a…

S.P.S. Balasubramanyam v. Suruttayan recognised the rebuttable presumption of a valid marriage arising from prolonged cohabitation as husband and wife. The presumption…

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Identify the case in which the Supreme Court ruled that where a man and a woman live together for a long period as husband and wife, there lies a presumption of legality of marriage between the couple, until the contrary is proved, and a child born out of such relationship is also not illegitimate and is entitled to inheritance in the property of the man.

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S.P.S. Balasubramanyam v. Suruttayan recognised the rebuttable presumption of a valid marriage arising from prolonged cohabitation as husband and wife. The presumption favours legitimacy rather than treating the children of that relationship as illegitimate. It can be displaced by sufficient contrary evidence.

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