Marriage of a Hindu coparcener with a person who does not profess the Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina…

Under Section 19 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954, the marriage solemnized under that Act of any member of an undivided family who professes the Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, or Jaina religion shall be deemed to effect his severance from such family. However, by virtue of Section 21A (inserted by the Marriage Laws (Amendment) Act, 1976), Section 19 does not apply where both parties to the marriage profess the Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, or Jaina religion. Consequently, automatic severance from the joint family and coparcenary occurs under Section 19 when a Hindu coparcener marries a person outside the Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, or Jaina religions under the Special Marriage Act, 1954.