Supreme Court Rules Foreign Divorces Invalid For Marriages Solemnized In India

The <b>Supreme Court</b> has ruled that divorces obtained overseas on grounds not recognized under Indian law are invalid. The bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Shree Chandrashekhar delivered this landmark decision in New Delhi. According to officials, individuals who remarry based on such foreign divorce decrees may face prosecution for bigamy. The court affirmed that marriages conducted according to Indian traditions hold validity regardless of any subsequent foreign citizenship acquired by a spouse. The matter is under investigation as the top court stated that legal consequences stemming from a subsisting marriage cannot be overridden by nationality changes. This ruling targets individuals taking advantage of liberal foreign laws to dissolve weddings solemnized in India.