I asked similar question in another thread but that's kinda unanswered. So asking in a separate thread to get some traction.

 Is a man awaiting divorce living-in with an unmarried woman considered legal?

What are the rights of the woman in this scenario?

What about the rights of children out of this relationship?

Thanks

OK. It seems this has been answered to a large extent in:

http://www.lawyersclubindia.com/forum/Live-in-relationship-of-widow-female-with-a-married-man-56246.asp

So my understanding is that this is not adultery and not bigamy.

And the current wife can cite cruelty (but not 498A) and get a divorce (the man is awaiting divorce anyway).

So overall, no criminal offence. Please let me know if this is not so.

it is not legal, witout get court order you can t  marry another,

Thanks Sankar.

But I did not ask about marriage here. I am asking about living together.

This is not suitable for indian culture. If both like to live as in same way then no issue.

Under certain conditions, the live-in wife has the same rights as a legally married wife and she can file DV case against you. You will have to pay maintenance for the children if any

what in the case if wife has deserted and filed the divorce case where no adultery reason is mentioned..and now husband started living in with an unmarried/divorcee/widow woman..can husband now charged for adultery even though the case is already filed for divorce and the new woman is living in with man with knowing all the facts.

Adultery according to IPC 497 is

(1) Man should be married.

(2) His partner woman should be married.

(3) Adultery is committed w/o the partner's husband's consent.

If these three criteria are met then only it's a criminal offence and it does not matter if the man is awaiting divorce for whatever reasons.

So in the case you mentioned, it's not an adultery from criminal point of view.

But not sure if living in is allowed. I guess it is.

But note that prolonged living-in is considered equivalent to marriage. I don't know what the definition of "prolonged" is but with little care the man can easily prove that the relationship is not very old.

Today I read in the news paper about a divorce case wherein husband and wife have been fighting divorce case with husband paying interim maintenance to wife. When wife asked the maintenance to be increased, husband claimed that he can't meet the expenses as he's having three kids from live-in relationship.

The Bombay HC observed that the live-in relationships are bad and asked the couple to sort out their divorce case in an amicable manner.

 

So it transpires that live-in relationships are "bad" but not "Illegal". That's a big relief to all divorce awaiting husbands if they can get a willing partner.

No, it is not legal and the man must take divorce from court and then to go for live-in.

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