In Brief
A woman sought a declaration that her marriage to a doctor in 1992 at a Jain temple was valid and that his 2001 marriage to another woman was void bigamy. The Family Court and High Court dismissed her petition, finding insufficient proof of the first marriage's Hindu rites. The Supreme Court allowed her appeal, holding that the husband's own admissions in court filings, coupled with cohabitation, their 1996-born child, witness testimony, and the husband's own pattern of performing both marriages in temples, collectively proved the first marriage was validly solemnized. The second marriage was declared void.
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