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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:law
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gptkbp:bench
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gptkb:Kuldip_Singh
gptkb:R.M._Sahai
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gptkbp:citation
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gptkb:AIR_1995_SC_1531
Subsequent cases on bigamy and personal law
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:India
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gptkbp:date
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1995
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gptkbp:decidedBy
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_India
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:Sarla_Mudgal_v._Union_of_India
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gptkbp:importantFor
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Landmark judgment on personal law and bigamy in India
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:numberOfIssues
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Bigamy by conversion to Islam
Conflict between personal laws
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gptkbp:petitioner
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gptkb:Sarla_Mudgal
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gptkbp:principle
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Conversion to Islam for the purpose of contracting a second marriage does not dissolve the first marriage under Hindu law
Such second marriage is void under Section 494 of IPC
A Hindu husband cannot convert to Islam and remarry without dissolving the first marriage
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gptkbp:response
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gptkb:Union_of_India
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gptkbp:result
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Second marriage by conversion is punishable as bigamy
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gptkbp:sectionInvoked
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gptkb:Article_44_of_the_Constitution_of_India
gptkb:Section_494_IPC
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gptkbp:significance
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Emphasized the need for a Uniform Civil Code
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gptkbp:subject
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gptkb:Religious_conversion
gptkb:Marriage_law
Personal laws
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Uniform_Civil_Code_in_India
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Sarla Mudgal case
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