The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently observed that a person living in “a lustful and adulterous” life without obtaining a divorce from an earlier spouse may be held liable for the offence of bigamy.
The Court directed the authorities to take appropriate steps to ensure that the guidelines are properly implemented for the welfare and rehabilitation of the rape victims as well as of their children.
Pertinently, the Court also directed that the practice of munadi (service of notice by beating of drum) as enumerated under various statutes, be done away with as it is obsolete.