SUBRAMANI AND ORS. versus M. CHANDRALEKHA

SUBRAMANI AND ORS. versus M. CHANDRALEKHA

Since the appellants neither pleaded nor proved the existence of a custom permitting dissolution of marriage by mutual consent in their community, and as there was no satisfactory evidence of such a custom, the marriage between the respondent and the deceased Kandasamy could not be considered dissolved by the execution of Ex. B-1.

Parties
Appellants/defendants: Subramani and Ors.; Respondent/plaintiff: M. Chandralekha
Jurisdiction
India
Judgment Date
23 November 2004
Procedural Posture
Civil Appeal / Appeal by Grant of Leave Against Judgment and Order of Madras High Court in Second Appeal No. 11 of 1991
Outcome
Appeal dismissed
Legal Topics
Hindu Marriage Act, Customary Divorce, Partition, Succession
Hindu Law Family Law Hindu Marriage Act Customary Divorce Partition Succession

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Parties

Subramani and Ors.

Appellants/defendants

M. Chandralekha

Respondent/plaintiff

Procedural Posture

Civil Appeal / Appeal by Grant of Leave Against Judgment and Order of Madras High Court in Second Appeal No. 11 of 1991

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the marriage between the respondent and her deceased husband stood dissolved under customary law by way of a maintenance release/marriage dissolution deed
  2. 2 Whether such customary divorce was sufficiently pleaded and proved
  3. 3 Whether Ex. B-1 (maintenance release deed) has the effect of dissolving the marriage for purposes of succession

Ratio Decidendi

Since the appellants neither pleaded nor proved the existence of a custom permitting dissolution of marriage by mutual consent in their community, and as there was no satisfactory evidence of such a custom, the marriage between the respondent and the deceased Kandasamy could not be considered dissolved by the execution of Ex. B-1.

Court Disposition

Appeal dismissed

Orders

  • No order as to costs