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Indian Man Jailed In Singapore For Secret Second Marriage
The Indian man pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiring to commit bigamy with his second wife.
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Couple Gets 6 Months In Jail For Bigamy, But With Alternate Prison Time
The Supreme Court yesterday sentenced a woman and her second husband to six months in jail each for committing bigamy, setting aside a Madras High Court which had let off the couple with a "flea-bite sentence".
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"Law Can't Be Powerless To Stop Clandestine Unions": Court On Adultery
The absence of a law making adultery an offence cannot provide "blanket immunity" to spouses in extramarital relationship and leave the victim individuals without a remedy, the Delhi High Court has said.
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Bigamy Will Invite Punitive Action, Assam Government Warns Employees
The Assam government has barred its employees from marrying another person if the spouse is alive and warned of punitive action if they indulged in bigamy.
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Rajasthan Man, 83, Marries Woman Less Than Half His Age For A "Son"
A fervent desire for a son to look after his ancestral property has led to a 83-year-old man in Rajasthan's Karauli to enter into a second marriage with a woman who is just 30 years old.
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Bigamy. The Other Big Challenge For Jammu and Kashmir Police
As it fights terrorism and violent street protests, the Jammu and Kashmir police is confronting a different problem - bigamy in its ranks.
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Indian-Origin Man Found Guilty Of Bigamy In UK
An Indian-origin man has been found guilty of bigamy by a UK court after he confessed to marrying a second time in London despite having a wife back in Goa.
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Delhi Police Employee Gets 15 Years Jail for Rape, Bigamy
A Delhi Police employee has been jailed for 15 years for raping and cheating a woman by concealing his first marriage, by a court which said that sentence for "outrageous crimes like rape and bigamy" must be a deterrent for others.
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Canada-Based Indian Booked for Alleged Bigamy
A Canada-based Non-Resident Indian was today booked on the charges of alleged bigamy while three of his family members for harassing his wife for dowry, police said.
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Reese Witherspoon's parents in bigamy dispute
Reese Witherspoon's mother is suing her father for bigamy.
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High Court dismisses bigamy petition against HD Kumaraswamy
The High Court dismissed a writ petition,seeking a direction to the Lok Sabha Speaker to disqualify Janata Dal (Secular) State President H D Kumaraswamy from membership of Parliament for allegedly committing bigamy.
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Lawyer sentenced to 5 years imprisonment
A lawyer has been sentenced to five years imprisonment by a local court and slapped a fine of Rs 10 lakh for bigamy while his second wife and mother have been sentenced to similar terms of imprisionment for abetting him.
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Proof not necessary for FIR in bigamy cases: Supreme Court
In bigamy cases while lodging a criminal complaint it is not necessary for the aggrieved party to prove that marriage ceremonies were performed.
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Law against conversion to Islam for bigamy?
A law commission report tabled in parliament - seeks law to make bigamy through conversion to Islam illegal by changing Hindu, Christian, Parsi Marriage Acts. It also seeks to make bigamy offences punishable under the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).
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Indian Man Jailed In Singapore For Secret Second Marriage
The Indian man pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiring to commit bigamy with his second wife.
-
Couple Gets 6 Months In Jail For Bigamy, But With Alternate Prison Time
The Supreme Court yesterday sentenced a woman and her second husband to six months in jail each for committing bigamy, setting aside a Madras High Court which had let off the couple with a "flea-bite sentence".
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"Law Can't Be Powerless To Stop Clandestine Unions": Court On Adultery
The absence of a law making adultery an offence cannot provide "blanket immunity" to spouses in extramarital relationship and leave the victim individuals without a remedy, the Delhi High Court has said.
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Bigamy Will Invite Punitive Action, Assam Government Warns Employees
The Assam government has barred its employees from marrying another person if the spouse is alive and warned of punitive action if they indulged in bigamy.
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Rajasthan Man, 83, Marries Woman Less Than Half His Age For A "Son"
A fervent desire for a son to look after his ancestral property has led to a 83-year-old man in Rajasthan's Karauli to enter into a second marriage with a woman who is just 30 years old.
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Bigamy. The Other Big Challenge For Jammu and Kashmir Police
As it fights terrorism and violent street protests, the Jammu and Kashmir police is confronting a different problem - bigamy in its ranks.
-
Indian-Origin Man Found Guilty Of Bigamy In UK
An Indian-origin man has been found guilty of bigamy by a UK court after he confessed to marrying a second time in London despite having a wife back in Goa.
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Delhi Police Employee Gets 15 Years Jail for Rape, Bigamy
A Delhi Police employee has been jailed for 15 years for raping and cheating a woman by concealing his first marriage, by a court which said that sentence for "outrageous crimes like rape and bigamy" must be a deterrent for others.
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Canada-Based Indian Booked for Alleged Bigamy
A Canada-based Non-Resident Indian was today booked on the charges of alleged bigamy while three of his family members for harassing his wife for dowry, police said.
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Reese Witherspoon's parents in bigamy dispute
Reese Witherspoon's mother is suing her father for bigamy.
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High Court dismisses bigamy petition against HD Kumaraswamy
The High Court dismissed a writ petition,seeking a direction to the Lok Sabha Speaker to disqualify Janata Dal (Secular) State President H D Kumaraswamy from membership of Parliament for allegedly committing bigamy.
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Lawyer sentenced to 5 years imprisonment
A lawyer has been sentenced to five years imprisonment by a local court and slapped a fine of Rs 10 lakh for bigamy while his second wife and mother have been sentenced to similar terms of imprisionment for abetting him.
-
Proof not necessary for FIR in bigamy cases: Supreme Court
In bigamy cases while lodging a criminal complaint it is not necessary for the aggrieved party to prove that marriage ceremonies were performed.
-
Law against conversion to Islam for bigamy?
A law commission report tabled in parliament - seeks law to make bigamy through conversion to Islam illegal by changing Hindu, Christian, Parsi Marriage Acts. It also seeks to make bigamy offences punishable under the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).
