Special Mariage act 2nd cousin marriage

dear swastika

your marriage will be legal if your 2nd cousin is not in sapinda relationship. sapinda relationship can be calcualted as within 05 generation of father side and 03 generation of mother side. another imp factor is prevaling custom, if it permits you then marriage even within sapinda is also legal. in your case, families consent is there, go for marriage as per social norms and then get it registered.

01. Since both belong to Hindu ( Rajputs ), you both are covered under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. In other words, Special Marraiges Act is not applicable to you.

02. Since you are intending to marry your father's first cousin's son, we presume you share a common great grand parent, which means you are marrying your second cousin.

03. In terms of the Section 3 ( g) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, the marriage comes under the " degrees of prohibited relationship". Two persons are said to be within Sapinda relationship, if the relationship extends upto fifth ( inclusive) in line of ascent through the father. Further, the line being traced upwards in each case from the person concerned, who is to be counted as the first generation ( definition 3 { f) of HM Act, 1955)

04. In view of this explanation, you may like to decide your futue action

Jnanendra

agree with both of them