Two people who are subject to the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, obtain a registration certificate under…
Section 7 governs solemnisation according to the applicable customary rites and ceremonies. Section 8 facilitates proof of the marriage. In Dolly Rani v. Manish Kumar…
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Two people who are subject to the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, obtain a registration certificate under section 8. They have performed none of the customary rites or ceremonies required to solemnise their marriage under section 7. What is the effect of the certificate?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer A
Section 7 governs solemnisation according to the applicable customary rites and ceremonies. Section 8 facilitates proof of the marriage.
In Dolly Rani v. Manish Kumar Chanchal, the Supreme Court held that registration alone could not confer validity where the requisite ceremonies had not been performed.
Option feedback
Option A
Section 8 facilitates proof of a marriage solemnised under section 7. It cannot itself solemnise the marriage.
Option B
Registration does not supply the absent solemnisation or make the marriage valid from the date of registration.
Option C
Consent does not substitute for solemnisation under section 7 where the required rites were never performed.
Option D
Later cohabitation does not make the certificate a substitute for the requisite rites on the stated facts.
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