"The child was born 171 days after the first coitus between the petitioner and the respondent wife. The…
These facts are from the Supreme Court decision in Mahendra Manilal Nanavati v. Sushila Mahendra Nanavati (AIR 1965 SC 364), where a normal, substantially mature child was…
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"The child was born 171 days after the first coitus between the petitioner and the respondent wife. The delivery was normal and the child born was also normal. It was held that the petitioner was not the father of the child." These facts relate to:
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These facts are from the Supreme Court decision in Mahendra Manilal Nanavati v. Sushila Mahendra Nanavati (AIR 1965 SC 364), where a normal, substantially mature child was delivered 171 days after the first marital intercourse between the parties. On the medical and factual evidence showing that the wife was already pregnant by another person at the time of marriage, the Court annulled the marriage under Section 12(1)(d) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.
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