26. Compassionate financial assistance to widows more than one in equal shares.

Note. -The provision of this rule shall not be applicable to Hindu Government employee because any second marriage after the commencement of Marriage Laws (Amendment) Act, 1976 during the lifetime of his first wife is a nullity and have no legal effect. Such second marriage cannot be valid on the ground of any custom. In fact, a custom opposed to an expressed provision of law have no legal effect. So, the second wife shall not be entitled to the compassionate financial assistance as a legally wedded wife.
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