MOHINDER PAL SINGH Vs. RAVINDER KAUR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS appeal under Section 28 of the Hindu Marriage Act filed by Mohinder Pal Singh -appellant assails the judgment and decree dated 10.08.2006 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Jalandhar in H.M. Act case No. 233 dated 27.08.2005, whereby his petition under Section 11 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (in short 'the Act') was dismissed. The relevant facts which need recapitulation are as under:

(2.) IT was alleged by the appellant that prior to his marriage with Ravinder Kaur, she was married twice. The factum of two earlier marriages of respondent -Ravinder Kaur was not disclosed to him. He could not trace the details relating to her first marriage and it was not in his knowledge whether the first marriage was legally dissolved or not, but her second marriage was solemnized with Satnam Singh @ Raju. He was informed that the said marriage was legally dissolved but later, he learnt that the marriage with Satnam Singh @ Raju was still subsisting at the time of his marriage with the respondent. The second marriage with Satnam Singh @ Raju was dissolved vide order dated 06.10.2001 passed by learned District Judge, Jalandhar in a petition filed under Section 13 -B of the Act.

(3.) ON the pleadings of the parties, following issues were settled by the learned trial Court: