FIRST APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. 58 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD FIRST APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. - 58 of 2026 Brijendra Kumar Yadav @ Brijendra Yadav .....Appellant(s) Versus Smt. Poonam Yadav .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : Alok Kumar Srivastava, Shweta Srivastava Counsel for Respondent(s) : Court No. - 2 HON'BLE ATUL SREEDHARAN, J. HON'BLE VIVEK SARAN, J. 1. The present appeal has been filed by the appellant against the judgment and decree dated 10.12.2025 passed by the court of learned Additional Principal Family Court Judge, Varanasi in Case No.1493 of 2024 whereby the appellant was proceeded ex parte and a decree of nullity of marriage was granted to the respondent-wife who was the plaintiff before the Family Court on the ground of a pre-existing marriage of the appellant at the time when the appellant solemnized marriage with the respondent/plaintiff. 2. Learned counsel for the appellant has stated that the undisputed factual aspects of this case are that the appellant was earlier married to one 'X' (the name of the lady is not being given to protect her privacy) and because there arose some differences between the appellant and 'X' who are husband and wife, they decided to dissolve the marria