Seneviratne vs Premalatha – sllr 2016 volume 1 page 082

In the case between Seneviratne (Plaintiff) and Premalatha (Defendant), the court addressed the issue of the validity of a subsequent marriage entered into while a prior marriage of one contracting party remained undissolved, as examined under Section 18 of the General Marriages Ordinance and Section 607 of the Civil Procedure Code. It was held that a subsequent marriage is void ab initio if a previous marriage has not been legally dissolved, reaffirming the principle that legal dissolution is a mandatory prerequisite for contracting a valid new marriage. This decision relied on the clear statutory language and authoritative legal sources, emphasizing that a marriage contracted in contravention of these requirements remains void and any such process constitutes an abuse of the law.

Anil G