Marriage Legality

‘Marriage’ as for Indian constitution is “Sacred” – It is non- negotiable. It is not a legal contract between two adults. Many countries in the world treat marriage as ‘Contract’. These countries offer ‘prenuptial’ agreements clearly defining the limits , obligations and ‘Rights’ between bride/ groom and pre-agreed terms and conditions for exit.

In India ‘Marriage’ is part of our social fabric. You cannot ‘negotiate’ or bind a marriage as per your ‘terms and conditions’ ( even if both bride and groom are agreeable to it ). In short, you can ‘Walk-in’ to a marriage as per your free will but you cannot easily ‘walk-out’ of it citing any pre conditions.

Marriage in India is a religions and social custom. Couples gets married by the society, priest as per the religions act defined for them. Hindus in India get married under Hindu Marriage Act of 1956 (Similarly Christian, Muslim, Parsis get married as per the acts defined for them). A Hindu cannot be married in a mosque or a Muslim in a church.

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