DEVENDER SINGH v. STATE OF HP AND OTHERS
Court: High Court of Himachal Pradesh
Bench: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURESHWAR THAKUR,HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDER BHUSAN BAROWALIA
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Case summary
High Court of Himachal Pradesh judgment dated 2020-11-12. DEVENDER SINGH v. STATE OF HP AND OTHERS. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. WP No. 8 of 2020. th Date of Decision: 12 November, 2020. Devender Singh ….. Petitioner. Versus State of H. P and ors. ……Respondents. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sureshwar Thakur, Judge. The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Chander Bhusan Barowalia, Judge. 1 Whether approved for reporting? For the petitioner: Mr. Rajiv Rai, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. Hemant Vaid and Mr. Narender Guleria, Addl. AGs with Mr. Vikrant Chandel, Dy. AG, for respondents No. 1 to 3. SP Diwakar Sharma, Bilaspur alongwith ASI Lachhman Dass and LC Minakshi Devi No. 258, P. S. Barmana, District Bilaspur. (Through Video Conferencing). Sureshwar Thakur, Judge (oral). A perusal of Birth Certificate, of, one Tamanna, as produced, before this Court displays, vis-à-vis, hers being born on 25. 3. 2001 and hence, she acquired majority on 25. 3. 2019, and, was competent, to, enter into, a, purported valid contract of marriage with the petitioner, on, 15. 8. 2020.
Since, during the course of proceedings, the afore, Tamanna, has recorded, a, testification, hence displaying that she never solemnized, a, lawful marriage with the petitioner, and that she is lawfully married to, one, Vinay Kumar, and further states that she is unwilling, to, join the petitioner’s company, thereupon, the extant criminal writ petition, has no merit, and the same, is, consequently dismissed. All pending applications stand disposed of. (Sureshwar Thakur) Judge (Chander Bhusan Barowalia) th 12 November, 2020(CS) Judge Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes.
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