Marriage can be declared as void even though Marriage certificate is in existence
Special Marriage Act, 1954-Section 25 (iii) - fraudulent misrepresentation obtaining
consent - for marriage-signatures on blank papers - registered at Calcutta - not consummated
for 8 months - or lived together for 8 months- story of love marriage - except the marriage
certificate. There are no traces of marriage nor love - whether it is a fit case for declaring
the marriage void? (yes)
Supreme Court of India
Jolly Das vs Tapan Ranjan Das on 4 May, 1994
Equivalent citations: 1994 SCC (4) 363, JT 1994 (3) 529
