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What did the Supreme Court of India rule concerning a Hindu husband who converts to Islam and marries a second lady without divorcing his first wife in the famous case of Sarla Mudgal v. Union of India (1995)?

Option: 1

The second marriage would be legalised by converting to Islam.


Option: 2

A husband who converted to Islam from Hinduism is free to legally wed a different wife.


Option: 3

If a Hindu husband remarries without formally divorcing his previous wife, the allegation of bigamy still stands even after the husband converts to Islam


Option: 4

Regardless of his conversion, a Hindu spouse is always allowed to marry numerous wives.


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The Indian Supreme Court ruled in Sarla Mudgal v. Union of India that merely changing to a different religion does not automatically end a Hindu marriage. According to Section 494 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), a Hindu man who converts to Islam and marries a second lady without formally divorcing his first wife may be prosecuted for bigamy. To stop such abuses of religious conversions, the Court emphasised the necessity of a consistent civil law throughout India. The ruling was noteworthy because it dealt with the problem of people switching to a different religion in order to get around the rules and regulations of their original religion. option C is the correct option.

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