presumption has to be drawn in favour of the marriage from long cohabitation and repute and such a presumption will have to be rebutted ... marriage is said to have taken place, the fact of long cohabitation was found sufficient to raise the presumption in favour of marriage, and that
birth of the second plaintiff through their continuous and long cohabitation. Their evidence is conspicuously silent about these vital facts. During cross examination ... solemnized, in the manner known to law, or, by proof of long cohabitation as husband and wife. In this case, though the plaintiffs have examined
society till
the demise of Vanamayil and therefore, based on the long cohabitation,
the status of husband and wife amongst Kuppusamy Gounder and
Vanamayil should ... determination of validity of
marriage, conduct of male would be relevant - Long
cohabitation and how society treated them would be
relevant - where
would
not entitle her to claim presumptive marriage as law presumes long
cohabitation for the first marriage alone, that the trial Court has failed ... many long years with the knowledge of
general public and even assuming without admitting the marriage between
them was not proved, long cohabitation between them
presumption has to be drawn in favour of the marriage from long cohabitation and repute and such a presumption will have to be rebutted ... marriage is said to have taken place, the fact of long cohabitation was found sufficient to raise the presumption in favour of marriage, and that
light of the evidence
available and in the light of the long cohabitation and the birth of six
children including the appellant and the presumption ... prove that Murahari Rao and
Simhachalam, the parents of the appellant, long cohabited together,
begot children and were recognized as husband and wife
next contention of plaintiffs is that in view of the long cohabitation between first plaintiff and Ranganatha beginning from 1931 and lasting till ... Sethuratnam, relies upon the following decisions to plead that long cohabitation and recognition given by parties involved and by society treating them as husband
Ambalam and D.5 Lakshmi ignoring that question of
presumption from long cohabitation is one mode of proof when it is not possible
to prove ... electoral rolls, there is no other evidence to
show "the long cohabitation". The learned counsel also submitted that with
regard to a second
wife for
quite a long period of time, therefore, on the basis of the said
long cohabitation she had acquired the status of a wife ... claim of the appellants is based only on the assertion
of long cohabitation of Kaushalya Bai with Tikaram. Thus, it
is clear and undisputed that
earlier to the marriage with the 4th defendant by reason of long cohabitation and conduct of Mani Mudaliar in accepting the plaintiffs ... roof and therefore, contended that by reason of the long cohabitation and acceptance of the children by Mani Mudaliar as his children, a valid marriage
