Divorce Law

Bigamy

The offence and civil wrong of marrying again while a previous, legally valid marriage is still subsisting.

Marrying a second time while still validly married to someone else is both a criminal offence and renders the second marriage void from the outset, since a person cannot have two subsisting valid marriages under most personal law systems in India.

The first spouse can pursue both a criminal complaint against the errant spouse and separately seek matrimonial remedies like divorce or judicial separation.

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