sons. It is alleged that her
husband is keeping concubine and living with her in another place. It is
further alleged that the respondent-husband ... proceeding before the learned
Family Judge wherein the ground of keeping concubine has been
taken which has also been taken a ground for dissolution
High Court opined that the words "paramour"
and "concubine" stand on the same footing. In arriving at the
said opinion ... that the
allegations made against the petitioner viz. that she is
the concubine of A-1 is true, then, it is to be held that
never married to Mayyamuthu Udayar and she was kept as a concubine.
However, it was admitted that the 1st plaintiff was born to Mayyamuthu
Udayar ... said Mayyamuthu Udayar and the 2nd plaintiff was kept as a concubine all
along by Mayyamuthu Udayar.
11. Though D.W.3 stated
Further stated
that the second wife/respondent is at the status of concubine as
Christian religion does not allow to keep second wife.
[5] Thereafter ... legally married wife of late S. Akha and the petitioner was a
concubine of her late husband. She further stated that after knowing
the love
second Defendant. The Plaintiff is the daughter of Narayanasamy born through
his concubine Ponnammal and she is the illegitimate child and cannot claim
any equal ... ancestral properties of Narayanasamy. Therefore,
son or daughter born through a concubine cannot claim partition in the
ancestral properties. This was ignored by the trial
referring to
someone other than the real wife. It refers to a concubine. We are conscious
that the Hon'ble Supreme Court has come ... Handbook” on
“Combating Gender Stereotypes”''. The word “concubine” is now a forbidden
expression. Judges are encouraged to adopt the alternative language ie,
“Woman
subsequently his brother Parsuram
Choudhury kept (defendant No.2) as his concubine. When, his brother
Page ... Parsuram Choudhury, but, subsequently she (defendant No.2)
was kept as his concubine, not as his wife. For which, the defendant No.2
cannot succeed
supra)
because it was held that the word `paramour' and the `concubine' stand on the
same footing and it has been held ... stretch of imagination would a girlfriend or even a
concubine in an etymological sense be a "relative". The word
"relative" brings
deceased Sundaram. According to the
petitioners, the 5th respondent is the concubine of their deceased brother
Sundaram. It is the contention of the petitioners that ... wife of their
deceased brother Sundaram, but only his concubine, and similarly, 6 th
respondent is not his daughter. Whether there was a marriage conducted
Manoj @ Pambu Manoj vs State Of Kerala on 27 November, 2025
Author: A.K.Jayasankaran
