Supreme Court Enhances Sentence in Bigamy Case: Baba Natarajan Prasad vs. M. Revathi (2024) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the High Court was justified in imposing a lenient sentence for the offense of bigamy under Section 494 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, after restoring the conviction by the trial court. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law Case Name: […]
Supreme Court Quashes Bigamy Complaint Based on Family Court Ruling: Musstt Rehana Begum vs. State of Assam (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a criminal complaint for bigamy can be quashed when a Family Court has already ruled on the validity of a prior marriage. CASE TYPE: Criminal Law, Matrimonial Disputes. Case Name: Musstt Rehana Begum vs.
Supreme Court Quashes Bigamy Complaint Based on Family Court Ruling Date of the Judgment: 21 January 2022 Citation: 2022 INSC 54 Judges: Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, J and Bela M Trivedi, J Can a criminal complaint for bigamy stand when a Family Court has already ruled that the alleged prior marriage did not exist? The
