State : Central
Year : 1955
HINDU MARRIAGE ACT, 1955 HINDU MARRIAGE ACT, 1955 25 of 1955 An Act to amend and codify the law relating to marriage among Hindus. BE it enacted by Parliament in the sixth year of the republic of India as follows:- SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE AND EXTENT (1) This Act may be called the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir, and applies also to Hindus domiciled in the territories to which this Act extends who are outside the said territories. SECTION 02: APPLICATION OF ACT (1) This Act applies- (a) to any person who is a Hindu by religion in any of its forms or developments, including a Virashaiva, a Lingayat or a follower of the Brahmo, Prarthana or Arya Samaj, (b) to any person who is a Buddhist, Jaina or Sikh by..... List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Marriage Laws (Amendment) Act, 2001
State : Central
Year : 1955
THE MARRIAGE LAWS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2001 [Act, No. 49 of 2001] [24th September, 2001] PREAMBLE An Act further to amend the Indian Divorce Act, 1869, the Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936, the Special Marriage Act, 1954 and the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows: -- CHAPTER I: PRELIMINARY 1. Short title - This Act may be called the Marriage Laws (Amendment) Act, 2001. CHAPTER II : AMENDMENTS FO THE INDIAN DIVORCE ACT, 1869 2. Amendment of Section 36 - In section 36 of the Indian Divorce Act, 1869 (4 of 1869) (hereafter in this Chapter referred to as the Divorce Act), -- (a) For the words "the wife may present a petition for alimony pending the suit", the words "the wife may present..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
State : Central
Year : 1955
Preamble1 - HINDU MARRIAGE ACT,1955 Chapter 1 Section1 - Short title and extent Section2 - Application of Act Section3 - Definitions Section4 - Over-riding effect of Act Chapter 2 Section5 - Conditions for a Hindu marriage Section6 - Guardianship in marriage Section7 - Ceremonies for a Hindu marriage Section8 - Registration of Hindu marriages Chapter 3 Section9 - Restitution of conjugal rights Section10 - Judicial separation Chapter 4 Section11 - Void marriages Section12 - Voidable marriages Section13 - Divorce Section13A - Alternate relief in divorce proceedings Section13B - Divorce by mutual consent Section14 - No petition for divorce to be presented within one year of marriage Section15 - Divorced persons when may marry again Section16 - Legitimacy of children of void..... List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Marriage Laws (Amendment) Act, 2003
State : Central
Year : 1955
THE MARRIAGE LAWS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2003 [Act, No. 50 of 2003] [23rd December, 2003] PREAMBLE An Act further to amend the Special Marriage Act, 1954 and the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-- 1. Short title This Act may be called the Marriage Laws (Amendment) Act, 2003. 2. Amendment of section 31 In the Special Marriage Act, 1954 (43 of 1954) (hereinafter referred to as the Special Marriage Act), in section 31, in sub-section (1), after clause (iii), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-- "(iiia) in case the wife is the petitioner, where she is residing on the date of presentation of the petition; or". 3. Amendment of section 39 In section 39 of the Special Marriage Act,..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Ceremonies for a Hindu Marriage
State : Central
Year : 1955
(1) A Hindu marriage may be solemnized in accordance with the customary rites and ceremonies of either party thereto. (2) Where such rites and ceremonies include the Saptapadi (that is, the taking of seven steps by the bridegroom and the bride jointly before the sacred fire), the marriage becomes complete and binding when the seventh step is taken. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Registration of Hindu Marriages
State : Central
Year : 1955
(1) For the purpose of facilitating the proof of Hindu marriages, the State Government may make rules providing that the parties to any such marriage may have the particulars relating to their marriage entered in such manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed in a Hindu Marriage Register kept for the purpose. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the State Government may, if it is of opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do, provide that the entering of the particulars referred to in sub-section (1) shall be compulsory in the State or in any part thereof, whether in all cases or in such cases as may be specified, and where any such direction has been issued, any person contravening any rule made in this behalf shall be punishable with..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Savings
State : Central
Year : 1955
(1) A marriage solemnized between Hindus before the commencement of this Act, which is otherwise valid, shall not be deemed to be invalid or even to have been invalid by reason only of the fact that the parties thereto belonged to the same gotra or pravara or belonged to different religions, castes or sub-divisions of the same caste. (2) Nothing contained in this Act shall be deemed to affect any right recognised by custom or conferred by any special enactment to obtain the dissolution of a Hindu marriage, whether solemnized before or after the commencement of this Act. (3) Nothing contained in this Act shall affect any proceeding under any law for the time being in force for declaring any marriage to be null and void or for annulling or dissolving any marriage or for judicial..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Short Title and Extent
State : Central
Year : 1955
(1) This Act may be called the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir, and applies also to Hindus domiciled in the territoriesto which this Act extends who are outside the said territories. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Disposal of Property
State : Central
Year : 1955
In any proceeding under this Act, the court may make such provisions in the decree as it deems just and proper with respect to any property presented, at or about the time of marriage, which may belong jointly to both the husband and the wife. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Conditions for a Hindu Marriage
State : Central
Year : 1955
A marriage may be solemnized between any two Hindus, if the following conditions are fulfilled, namely- (i) neither party has a spouse living at the time of the marriage; 1 [(ii) at the time of the marriage, neither party- (a) is incapable of giving a valid consent to it in consequence of unsoundness of mind; or (b) though capable of giving a valid consent, has been suffering from mental disorder of such a kind or to such an extent as to be unfit for marriage and the procreation of children; or (c) has been subject to recurrent attacks of insanity 2 [***];] (iii) the bridegroom has completed the age of 3[twenty-one years] and the bride, the age of 4 [eighteen years] at the time of the marriage; (iv) the parties are not within the degrees of prohibited relationship unless..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section