Bombay High Court Allows Family Pension to Second Wife in Absence of Valid Divorce or Proof of First Marriage Subsisting at Time of Second Marriage — Presumption of Marriage Under Section 114 of Indian Evidence Act, 1872 Applied. The court held that long cohabitation raises a presumption of marriage, and the burden to rebut it lies on the state, which was not discharged.
16 Feb 2022The petitioner, Smt. Shamal Mahadeo Tate, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court seeking family pension as the second wife of the deceased...




