https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=460694 Continuous cohabitation and public treatment as husband and wife may raise a rebuttable presumption of marriage, but that presumption is displaced by contrary circumstances and unreliable proof. The evidence of a formal marriage was found unconvincing, supported by the absence of reliable witnesses, the mother's contrary evidence, the contents of the will, and other facts inconsistent with the asserted relationship. On the totality of evidence, the claim that Ram Piari was the appellant's legally wedded wife was not established, and any succession claim based on spousal status therefore could not succeed. en-us Fri, 16 May 1952 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 11 Feb 2025 18:09:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=460694 Continuous cohabitation and public treatment as husband and wife may raise a rebuttable presumption of marriage, but that presumption is displaced by contrary circumstances and unreliable proof. The evidence of a formal marriage was found unconvincing, supported by the absence of reliable witnesses, the mother's contrary evidence, the contents of the will, and other facts inconsistent with the asserted relationship. On the totality of evidence, the claim that Ram Piari was the appellant's legally wedded wife was not established, and any succession claim based on spousal status therefore could not succeed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 16 May 1952 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=460694