LAWS(SC)-2000-5-113

LILY THOMAS Vs. UNION OF INDIA

Decided On May 05, 2000
LILY THOMAS, Appellant
V/S
UNION OF INDIA Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) I respectively agree with the views expressed by my esteemed Brother, Sethi, J., in the erudite judgment prepared by him, by which the writ petitions and the review petition are being disposed of finally. I, however, wish to add a few words of my own.

(2.) Smt. Sushmita Ghosh, who is the wife of Shri G. C. Ghosh (Mohd. Karim Ghazi) filed a Writ Petition (W. P. (C) No. 509 of 1992) in this Court stating that she was married to Shri G. C. Ghosh in accordance with the Hindu rites on 10th May, 1984 and since then both of them were happily living at Delhi. The following paragraphs of the writ petition, which are relevant for this case, are quoted below :

(3.) This petition was filed during the summer vacation in 1992. Mr. Justice M. N. Venkatachaliah (as he then was), sitting as Vacation Judge, passed the following order on 9th July, 1992 :