ISSUE:
Whether the second marriage solemnized by the appellant was legitimate or not?
Whether the appealing party can be held liable for the offense under Section 494 of the Indian Penal Code?
RULE:
Solemnized’- marriage celebrated with proper ceremonies and in due form.
Merely going through certain ceremonies with the intention that the parties be taken to be married, will not make them ceremonies Prescribed by law or approved by any established custom. Thus, the court said unless the marriage in question was validly solemnized, the appellant was not liable for bigamy.