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Plural Marriage
Plural Marriage
References
• RA Para 61, 132 & 333
• AO 44 /2001 : Discipline – Plural Marriage
• Policy letter:
ADG DV Br AHQ letter No 79333/AG/DV-1 dt 23 oct 91- Termination of
service on grounds of plural marriage
AG DV Br AHQ letter No 79333/AG/DV-1 dt 21 Oct 99
AG DV Br AHQ letter No 79333/AG/DV-1 dt 06 Apr 98
HQ SC letter No D/2408112/GEN/DV-3 dt 13 Mar2010
Case Law:
Khurshed Ahmad Khan vs state of UP 2015(2)SCC 274
R Rajendran vs The commandant Decided on 29 Oct 2008
Dinesh Kumar vs UoI & Ors Decided on 28 Nov 2005
Om Prakash Dubey vs UOI MLJ 2002 P& H 60
RK Pathik vs MS Pawar 1986(3) SLR 545
Harvinder Singh Vs Union of India O.A No. 1649 of 2012
Introduction
• Rule of Monogamy for Christian, Parsi or Jew or to
whom the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 applies- Para 333 C
(a) to (c)
132. Recruitment-xxxxx
Personnel who have more than one wife living shall not be eligible for
enrolment/appointment in the Army unless specifically exempted by
the Central Government.
Sec 17. Punishment of Bigamy.- Any marriage between two
Hindus solemnized after the commencement of this Act is void if at
the date of such marriage either party had a husband or wife living;
and the provisions of Sections 494 and 495 of the Indian Penal
Code (45 of 1860) shall apply accordingly. HMA, 1955