SC Bars Foreign Divorce From Dissolving Indian Marriages
· India · Times of India, Indian Express
Supreme Court ruled that divorce granted abroad on irretrievable breakdown ground is not valid under Indian law, as the ground is not recognised in India.
Why it matters
Indian citizens married in India who obtain foreign divorces cannot legally remarry in India without facing bigamy prosecution under IPC Section 494.
Read the original report — Times of India
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