Legal age for Marriage
Arjun Jaganathan
(Querist) 29 July 2013
This query is : Resolved
What is the legal age to get married for a boy and girl.?
1. Is it like both just parties should have completed 18 yrs of age i.e., Major
2. Is it 18 for a girl and 21 for a boy.
3. There was recently said that its 21 for girl and 23 for boy.
4. Or all these are just advisory laws and is it like both parties should have been a major at the time of marriage.??
Rajendra K Goyal
(Expert) 29 July 2013
Women can legally wed at the age of 18 and men can be married at 21 years of age.
R.K Nanda
(Expert) 29 July 2013
1.yes
2.yes
3.no
4.18 for girl and 21 for boy
Sudhir Kumar, Advocate
(Expert) 24 October 2014
you are advocate.
You can read Child Marriage Restraint Act (1929).