In a significant judgment, the Rajasthan High Court has ruled that merely living together as husband and wife without solemnizing a valid marriage does not constitute the offence of bigamy under Section 494 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The court quashed the criminal proceedings against a man accused of bigamy, observing that there was
Living Together But As long as a Married Man and a Woman do not marry, There is No Bigamy: Rajasthan High Court
