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Foreign divorce decree, subsequent citizenship cannot protect husband from bigamy case: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled that a man cannot escape criminal prosecution for bigamy under Indian law by relying on a divorce decree obtained from a foreign court or by subsequently acquiring foreign citizenship. The Court made it clear that a change in nationality does not extinguish criminal liability arising from an alleged second marriage [] The post Foreign divorce decree, subsequent citizenship cannot protect husband from bigamy case: Supreme Court appeared first on India Legal .
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