Under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, the marriage of a minor is

The HMA does not make breach of the minimum-age condition in section 5(iii) a ground for a void marriage (section 11) or a voidable one (section 12); it is only punishable under section 18. Under the Hindu Marriage Act itself such a marriage is therefore "Valid". Separately, the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006 makes a child marriage voidable at the option of the contracting child (section 3) and void in the cases listed in section 12.

Current law: Uttarakhand UCC section 4 prescribes marriage ages and the Code contains its own validity and child-marriage provisions. The 2026 amendment rewrites the relevant section 32 penalties. The old HMA-only classification must not be transplanted into a UCC marriage. UCC section 390 supersedes prior rules only insofar inconsistent on covered matters and preserves accrued rights and pre-commencement proceedings.