{"id":37382,"date":"2015-04-15T06:17:12","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T06:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=37382"},"modified":"2015-04-15T06:17:12","modified_gmt":"2015-04-15T06:17:12","slug":"couple-living-together-will-be-presumed-married-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/couple-living-together-will-be-presumed-married-sc","title":{"rendered":"Couple living together will be presumed married: SC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If an unmarried couple is living together as husband and wife, then they would be presumed to be legally married and the woman would be eligible to inherit the property after death of her partner, the Supreme Court has ruled.<\/p>\n<p>A bench of Justice MY Eqbal and Justice Amitava Roy<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/live-in.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" data-attachment-id=\"37383\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/couple-living-together-will-be-presumed-married-sc\/live-in-4\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/live-in.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"275,183\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"live in\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;live in&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;live in&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/live-in.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37383\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/live-in.jpg?resize=275%2C183&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"live in\" \/><\/a> said continuous cohabitation of a couple would raise the presumption of valid marriage and it would be for the opposite party to prove that they were not legally married.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is well settled that the law presumes in favour of marriage and against concubinage, when a man and woman have cohabited continuously for a long time. 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