Offences relating to marriage

Under IPC -494

Bns - 82 

Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife

Whoever having a husband or wife married again during the life of such husband or wife is to punished under this section

Exception

When the husband or wife has not been heard for seven years

Custom

if it is a custom in case elf scheduled tribe where the Hindu marriage act is not applicable.

Mahomedan

A Muslim husband can have 4 wife without having divorced the first wife

The same is not applicable to Muslim women


Case law

Sarla mudgal v union of India

The case where the husband marries again after getting him converted to Muslim without getting divorce is not exempted from this section.

Though he is Muslim he cannot escape the punishment without dissolution of first marriage.




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