Family Law(Hindu Law)-I, Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Section -5
👉Section -5: A marriage may be solemnized between any two Hindus, if the following conditions are fulfilled, namely:—
(i)- neither party has a spouse living at the time of the marriage;
(ii)- at the time of the marriage, neither party—
(a)- is incapable of giving a valid consent to it in consequence of unsoundness of mind; or
(b)- though capable of giving a valid consent, has been suffering from mental disorder of such a kind or to such an extent as to be unfit for marriage and the procreation of children; or
(c)- has been subject to recurrent attacks of insanity
(iii)- the bridegroom has completed the age of twenty-one years(21Years) and the bride, the age of (18 Years) eighteen years at the time of the marriage;
(iv)- the parties are not within the degrees of prohibited relationship unless the custom or usage governing each of them permits of a marriage between the two;
(v)- the parties are not sapindas of each other, unless the custom or usage governing each of them permits of a marriage between the two;
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