Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, S.15--Nullity of Marriage-Second Marriage-- During pendency of appeal against divorce decree of first marriage-The restriction placed on a second marriage in Section 15 of the Act till the dismissal of an appeal would not apply to a case where parties have settled and decided not to pursue the appeal

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Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, S.13-B—Divorce—By Mutual Consent-­Once both the parties have consciously obtained a decree of divorce by mutually agreed terms and moved ahead in life, later they cannot be allowed to claim that divorce decree is null and void and not binding on them.

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Marriage--Nullity of--A Christian married to a Hindu in a temple and subsequently marriage was registered under Section 8 of Hindu Marriage Act--Marriage was a nullity and its registration could not validate the same. Marriage--Conditions for--Usage of expression "may" in the opening line of Section 5of Hindu Marriage Act does not make the provision optional.

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Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, S. 13--Divorce--Mental Cruelty--To establish cruelty it is not necessary that physical violence should be used-However continued ill-treatment cessation of marital intercourse, studied neglect, indifference of one spouse to the other may lead to an inference of cruelty.

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