Bunny (business) 14 November 2012

Valid relationship for marriage

Hi All,

I am posting this on behalf of my friend . He is in love with a girl who happens to be his relative and both of them want to get married .But the problem he is related to the girl in two ways .Both the relationships have contrasting meanings .In one girl will become his mother's cousin and other his maternal cousin (marriable) .Which one is correct relation ship? .Please refer to attached image .Red color line in image is marriable and blue one is not according to hindu religion .

Kindly adivice.

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Adv.R.P.Chugh (Advocate/Legal Consultant (rpchughadvocatesupremecourt@hotmail.com)) 14 November 2012

This relationship is hit by the mischief of Sapinda. Since the girl is tracing descent through her mother – and the common ancestor i.e great grandmother is within sapindas to the girl (though not the boy) – their marriage is not possible unless a custom specifically allows the same.

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Sudhir Kumar, Advocate (Advocate) 14 November 2012

not possible

Tajobsindia (Senior Partner ) 14 November 2012

Remedy:-
It is not possible under Hindu Marriage Act + Special Marriage Act. But it is possible to marry by converting to Christianity.

Bunny (business) 15 November 2012

Thanks a lot for the replies and I passed the painful message to my friend .

But out of curiosity ,I did little research to understand sapinda.Then I realised that there is already one marriage in above family which is not following sapinda rule..i.e marriage between boy's mother's sister and her husband ,but this kind of marriage to maternal unclue is very common in south india .Are all of them illegitmate?

What are the implications of marrying against Hindu Marriage Act in lay man terms ?

Thanks in advance