Obtained, The word 'obtained' would indicate achievement by exertion in spite of opposition. Hence a dissolution of marriage obtained through the coercive process of civil court would be covered. The word 'obtained' may well be used in the sense of 'procured with effort and would certainly describe correctly a situation where something is achieved by a person through his exertion in spite of opposition from others. According to Webster, again, the word' obtain 'signifies: (a) to gain or attain possession or disposal of, usually by some planned action or method. (b) to bring about or call into being, etc., Mst. Zohara Khatoon v. Mohd. Ibrahim, AIR 1981 SC 1243 (1252): (1981) 2 SCC 509: (1981) 2 SCR 910. [Criminal PC, (2 of 1974), s. 125(1)]
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