A marriage between a Hindu boy aged 23 years and a Hindu girl aged 19 years, both of the same gotra, is

Section 5 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 bars marriages within the prohibited degrees and between sapindas, but it contains no bar on marriage within the same gotra; sagotra marriages had already been validated by the Hindu Marriage Disabilities Removal Act, 1946. Both parties here are above the minimum ages of 21 and 18, so the marriage is valid and is neither void nor voidable.