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Divorce allowed in foreign country cannot end marriage in India: Supreme Court

short by Dharini Mudgal / on Thursday, 12 November, 2026
Supreme Court held that a foreign court's divorce decree isn't valid in India if it's based on grounds not recognised under Indian law. It refused to quash criminal proceedings against a man who remarried in UK. He had relied on divorce decree granted by a UK court citing irretrievable breakdown of marriage, which isn't valid ground under Hindu Marriage Act.