The Patna High Court recently annulled a marriage on the ground that the groom was forced to marry at gunpoint and Saptapadi (saat pheras) under the Hindu Marriage Act (HMA) was not performed.
Over 11 years after a 5-year-old was kidnapped in Bihar’s Siwan district, the Patna High Court recently ordered the State Crime Investigation Department (CID) to re-investigate the case and recover the minor child.
A bench led by Justice Pavankumar Bajanthri refused to accept the argument of the husband that he had performed second marriage in 2004 after taking prior consent of his first wife, with whom he had married in May 1978.
Last year, the Telangana High Court Advocates' Association had resolved to abstain from work to protest against the proposal to transfer Justice Reddy.