HARIDAS MAHADEV SASNE vs TEJASVINI KRUSHNAT BHOSALE

914-CRA-117-2024.DOC Arun Sankpal IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL REVISION APPLICATION NO. 117 OF 2024 Haridas Mahadev Sasne ..Applicant Digitally Versus signed by VISHAL VISHAL SUBHASH Tejasvini Krushnat Bhosale …Respondent SUBHASH PAREKAR PAREKAR Date: 2025.03.07 18:21:54 +0530 Mr. Sandeep Koregave, with Pallavi A. Karanjkar, for the Applicant. Mr. Yuvraj P Narvankar, for the Respondent. CORAM: N. J. JAMADAR, J. DATED : 6th MARCH 2025 JUDGMENT : 1. A pivotal question of law which arises for consideration, in this revision application, is: “whether a suit for declaration simpliciter that there is no marital relationship between the plaintiff and the defendant, is maintainable” ? 2. The background facts in which the aforesaid question crops up for consideration can be stated as under: 2.1 The plaintiff and the defendant are residents of the same village. They were acquainted with each other. The defendant took undue advantage of the proximity, and falsely claimed that defendant’s marriage was solemnized with the plaintiff on 21 st September 2018 at Janjagruti Matrimonial Alliance Center, Chiplun. Asserting that no valid marriage was ever