A Hindu male coparcener of an undivided family marries a Christian under the Special Marriage Act,…

He becomes a divided member without a right to survivorship. Section 19 of the Special Marriage Act deems the marriage to effect severance from the undivided family. The exception in section 21A for marriages between persons professing Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina religions does not cover this marriage to a Christian, and a partition decree is not required for the statutory severance.