What is the consequence when the age of a Hindu girl at her time of marriage under Hindu Marriage Act,…

Section 5(iii) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 requires the bride to have completed eighteen years, but breach of this condition is not a ground for a void marriage under section 11 or a voidable one under section 12. It is only punishable under section 18(a), so the marriage is valid but punishable. Separately, the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 makes a child marriage voidable at the option of the party who was a child.