https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=160090 Mere conversion to Islam does not dissolve a subsisting Hindu marriage, and a second marriage contracted during the continuance of that marriage remains void under the Hindu Marriage Act. Conversion by itself is only a ground for divorce or judicial separation; until a competent court dissolves the first marriage, the matrimonial bond continues and criminal liability for bigamy may still arise. The clarification also states that the earlier decision did not issue any operative direction requiring enactment of a uniform civil code, and its observations were confined to the validity of the second marriage after conversion. en-us Fri, 05 May 2000 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 20 Dec 2025 16:57:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=160090 Mere conversion to Islam does not dissolve a subsisting Hindu marriage, and a second marriage contracted during the continuance of that marriage remains void under the Hindu Marriage Act. Conversion by itself is only a ground for divorce or judicial separation; until a competent court dissolves the first marriage, the matrimonial bond continues and criminal liability for bigamy may still arise. The clarification also states that the earlier decision did not issue any operative direction requiring enactment of a uniform civil code, and its observations were confined to the validity of the second marriage after conversion. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 05 May 2000 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=160090