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Husband did second marriage before taking divorce from the first wife
18-May-2023 (In Divorce Law)
Section 17 of the Hindu Marriage Act states that any marriage between two Hindus solemnized after the commencement of this Act is void if at the date of such marriage either party had a husband or wife living; and the provisions of sections 494 and 495 of the Indian Penal (45 of 1860 ) Code shall apply accordingly.
This would mean that in case your husband remarry in India without divorcing his first wife, the second marriage would be declared null and void, and he may be tried and punished for Bigamy in accordance to the applicable section of the IPC.
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