The Court said that as per the settled law, a woman, who has already been married to another person, cannot be treated as a legally-wedded wife of the second husband without divorce from her first husband.
Justices SA Dharmadhikari and Devnarayan Mishra observed that the nature and character of the monument need to be 'demystified and freed from the shackles of confusion.'
The Court noted that Section 243 (evidence for defence) of the CrPC does not prevent an IO from testifying as a witness for the accused in a cross-case, to promote the truth and aid justice.
The petitioner, who was nine years old when his parents died in a road accident, sought compassionate appointment from the Water Resources Department in 2003.