Second marriage without divorce - After 7 years

You are legally not allowed to re-marry before divorce from your first spouse.

Otherwise your second marriage would be null, illegal and void.

You may be prosecuted for bigamy. And your second to be husband would also be liable to be prosecuted for adultery

(I won't say you can't!! because one can ...but one may not!!)

E.g. If you go to BMC and ask a permission to stall a 'slum/hut' on somewhere on sea shore at Bandra!! ............. BMS says 'You are not allowed' ...... But in fact without taking any permssion you always can!! if you are least bothered/rest assured of aftermath and the risks of doing so!!!

Joke:-

A railways passenger asks a TC whether he will be allowed to smoke in the boggie near the door at least!

TC say :-  "You are not allowed"

passenger :-  "Then what about these cigarette stubs on the floor?"

TC :- "It's because those people didn't ask me!!"

Jokes apart ........... Don't indulge into anything which is void in the eyes of law and does not hold any legal sanctity!!

Section 13 saying about divorce. Any marriage solemnized, whether before or after the commencemet of Family act, may, on a petition presented by either the husband or the wife, be dissolved by a decree of divorce on the ground that the other party has not been heard of as being alive for a period of seven years or more by those persons who would naturally have heard of it, had that party been alive.

Thanks for replies. The person is very much alive, just that we have not crossed paths for well over 7 years now.

Can you please point-wise to my queries? Thanks

all are my friends have replied. second marriage is not legally allowed by the Act, But You can live together,

IF husband ordered to undergo/undergoing a sentence of 7 years or more, or is found guilty of rape or sodomy, a wife can ask for divorce.

'Not heard whether husband is alive for 7 years or so' is different from staying away from husband for 7 years

Thanks all.

If I get a divorce from my first husband, will I have to disclose this while registering for my second marriage?

you should, the guy should know that part of your life. You will live with the guy without the burden of a secret which may hurt him, if he hears about it from others by any chance. 

I understand what you are trying to say. However, I wish to talk about that in person and dont want to put it down on a form. So, my question is, do I have to specify details of earlier marriages on the marriage form? Is it illegal to not disclose an earlier marriage while having the second marriage? Thanks

It is mandatory to put it in the form. Legal requirement.

'Unmarried/never married' status is clearly different from 'widow/divorced/annulled' status (and also all combinations and no of times of it, if any)

Otherwise it is a clear cheating on the other spouse.