Rameshwari Devi vs State Of Bihar And Others on 27 January, 2000
6. Assailing the judgment of the learned Single Judge, it is
contended by Mr. B. Krishna Mohan, learned Standing Counsel for Union
of India that Rule 21(2) of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964
prohibits a Government servant from entering into a marriage with any
person, while having a spouse living; that the proviso to sub-rule (2) of
Rule 21 carves out an exception, only in cases where the personal law
applicable to the Government servants, permits such marriage; that it is
only to take care of such contingencies that Rule 54 (7) provides for the
sharing of the family pension between the widows where there are more
than one; and that the issue raised in this case is already settled by at
least two decisions of the Supreme Court, one in Rameshwari Devi v.
State of Bihar and Raj Kumar v. Krishna .