Category: Hindu Marriage Act
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Section 12 – Hindu Marriage act – Voidable marriages
Section 12 in HMA 1955: (1) Any marriage solemnised, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, shall be voidable and may be annulled by a decree of nullity on any…
Section 11 – Hindu Marriage act – Void Marriages
Section 11 in HMA 1955: Any marriage solemnised after the commencement of this Act shall be null and void and may, on a petition presented by either party thereto against the other…
Section 10 – Hindu Marriage act – Judicial Separation
Section 10 in HMA 1955: (1) Either party to a marriage, whether solemnised before or after the commencement of this Act, may present a petition praying for a decree for judicial separation…
Section 9 – Hindu Marriage act – Restitution of Conjugal Rights
Section 9 in HMA 1955: When either the husband or the wife has, without reasonable excuse, withdrawn from the society of the other, the aggrieved party may apply, by petition to the…
Section 8 – Hindu Marriage Act – Registration of Hindu marriages
Section 8 in HMA 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…
Section 7 – Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 – Ceremonies for a Hindu marriage
Section 7 in HMA 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…
Section 5 in Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 – Conditions for a Hindu Marriage
Section 5 in HMA 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…
Section 4 in Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
Section 4: Overriding Effect of the Act (a) any text rule or interpretation of Hindu law or any custom or usage as part of that law in force immediately before the commencement…
Section 3 in Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 – Definitions
Section 3 in HMA 1955: (a) the expressions “custom” and “usage” signify any rule which, having been continuously and uniformly observed for a long time, has obtained the force of law among…
Section 2 in Hindu Marriage act,1955 – Application of the Hindu Marriage Act
Section 2 In HMA, 1955 (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…
