Is there any legal provision for a Major 19 years old male marrying 20 years olf female with mutual consent of each other?
If this marriage is solmenised what are its consequences legally, what can girls parents do?
Rohit (Student) 14 July 2010
Is there any legal provision for a Major 19 years old male marrying 20 years olf female with mutual consent of each other?
If this marriage is solmenised what are its consequences legally, what can girls parents do?
Pranjal Srivastava (Lawyer) 14 July 2010
How can a male will called major if he is just 19 yrs.old?????????
Pranjal Srivastava (Lawyer) 14 July 2010
In general they can not provided that their customs allow them
Rohit (Student) 14 July 2010
Male below 21 is called child but above 18 is considered major!
In 2008 205th report for child marriage protection act 2006 it was recomended that the age of male sholud be made 18 years
Suchitra. S (Advocate) 14 July 2010
Sir, 18 years is called the age of majority. But for marriage, the boy should have attained 21 years of age, legally.
Rohit (Student) 14 July 2010
@ suchitra, totally agreed, thats the question if this marriage is solemenised in which the girl is of legal age for marrying but the boy isn't what action can be taken against boy or the couple?
Suchitra. S (Advocate) 14 July 2010
I dont think anything can be done. Jab miya biwi raazi to kya karega kazi..... :)
Rohit (Student) 14 July 2010
@suchitra.. As you are studying law so must be knowing better but this is india.. Don't you think that girls parent can do something as if a boy(above 21 years) marries a girl below 18 years there is rigrours punishment so there must be some law for vise versa, a case like this?
Pranjal Srivastava (Lawyer) 14 July 2010
Rohit (Student) 14 July 2010
@pranjal.. But what if girl is of legal age and boy has married her on his own will..
Pranjal Srivastava (Lawyer) 14 July 2010
The provision made in the THE PROHIBITION OF CHILD MARRIAGE ACT, 2006 is to prevent Child marriage.
Sec 3 of the Act Says That Child marriages to be voidable at the option of contracting party being a child.
Suchitra. S (Advocate) 15 July 2010
I know child marriages are only voidable and so, still there are child marriages going on in the country. If both the partners are willing to live together, there will be no problem. And according to law, they are majors for all other purposes.
Rohit (Student) 15 July 2010
A Party was Under the Age of Consent - If you were married while you are under the legal age, your marriage may be annulled. The legal age for boys is 21 years and for girls is 18 years. A marriage by an underage party may become legally binding and incapable of annulment if the cohabitation of the parties as husband and wife continues voluntarily after the person reached the age of consent.
What does this mean exactly, in simple common man's language
Rohit (Student) 16 July 2010
So if the girl does not backout and both girl and boy have their consent, is boy and his accquantances safe from legal actions by girls parents.
Will cout give this marriage legal stauts?