Supreme Court Allows Wife's Appeal in Hindu Marriage Act Amendment Case, Permitting Counter-Claim for Declaration of Void Second Marriage. The Court held that delay in amendment application is not fatal under Order VI Rule 17 CPC when necessary to decide real controversy and avoid multiplicity of proceedings, and counter-claim for declaratory relief under Section 23A Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, is permissible in divorce petition.
7 Oct 2021The dispute arose from a marriage solemnized on 1.3.1987 between the appellant-wife and respondent-husband under Hindu rites, with a child born on 3.5...
