What did the Supreme Court hold in Sarla Mudgal v. Union of India (1995) about a Hindu husband’s second…
The Supreme Court held in 1995 that conversion did not by itself dissolve the first Hindu marriage. It held that a second marriage contracted in that setting was void and…
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What did the Supreme Court hold in Sarla Mudgal v. Union of India (1995) about a Hindu husband’s second marriage after converting to Islam while his first Hindu marriage subsisted?
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The Supreme Court held in 1995 that conversion did not by itself dissolve the first Hindu marriage.
It held that a second marriage contracted in that setting was void and could attract the bigamy offence then in force.
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Option A
The Court held that conversion alone did not dissolve the first marriage.
Option B
The Court held the second marriage void where the first Hindu marriage continued.
Option C
The Court held that conversion did not dissolve the first Hindu marriage and applied the then-operative bigamy provision to the second marriage.
Option D
The judgment concerned contracting a second marriage, rather than conversion alone.
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