Second marrige

Marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife.-- Whoever, having a husband or wife living, marries in any case in which such marriage is void by reason of its taking place during the life of such husband or wife, shall be punished with imprisonment of either descripttion for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine

Anand,

A man marrying another woman when his previous marriage subsists and the wife of that marriage is alive, then the second marriage is invalid, null and void and he is liable to punished for an act of bigamy.Once such second marriage is invalid by law, the question of the second wife claiming share in his property does not arise and since she begotten her children through the husband of her previous marriage, such children do not have any legal status and claim from this person because he is neither a biological nor an adopted father of the said children. However, if the first wife proves that her husband married another woman, he can be sentenced to undergo punishment for a period of seven years in jail.

Adv Kalaiselvan

1. The second marriage is invalid,

2. The so called second wife & her children will not get any share of his property after  his demise,

3. He can be charged with Bigamy punishable for a term of 7 years,

4. However, if he has self earned property. he can gift/will or pass on his property to any body he wishes during his life time for which no body can object.