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1 - 5 of 5 (0.34 seconds)Section 206 in Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994 [Entire Act]
Section 205 in Tamil Nadu Panchayats Act, 1994 [Entire Act]
Section 13 in The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 [Entire Act]
Lachman Utamchand Kiriplani vs Meena Alias Mota on 14 August, 1963
“25. In our opinion, we can give a wider meaning to the word
‘absence” than mere ‘physical absence”. One word can have
several meanings, just as several words can have one meaning
(synonyms). It all depends on the context in which it has been
used. For example, the word ‘desertion’ appearing in Section 13
of the Hindu Marriage Act implies not only factum of separation,
but also “animus deserendi”, vide Lachman v. Meena, AIR 1964
SC 40. There can be constructive desertion. The husband and wife
may be living together under the same roof, but the husband may
have legally deserted her (wife) by his conduct. Similarly the
word ‘absence’ is a word of wide connotation, and is not
necessarily limited to ‘physical absence’. The indifferent or
obstructionist attitude of a person or avoidance can, in our
opinion, amount to absence in some situations.
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