Note 5 — G
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It has been judicially decided that a man who is a member of the Halwâi caste may contract a marriage in the sagâi form with a widow even if he has a wife living, provided in the latter case he is a childless man. Quere, whether a married woman may not contract a sagâi marriage, notwithstanding that her husband is living if the panchâyat has examined the case and reported that her husband is unable to support her.
Kally Churn Shaw versus Dukhu Bibee. Indian Law Reports, Calcutta, V, 692. ↑