{"id":8257,"date":"2023-06-20T15:05:50","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T09:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/?p=8257"},"modified":"2023-06-22T12:08:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T06:38:27","slug":"the-hindu-marriage-act-1955","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/the-hindu-marriage-act-1955\/","title":{"rendered":"THE HINDU MARRIAGE ACT, 1955"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">PRELIMINARY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><br><strong>SECTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Short title and extent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Application of Act.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Definitions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Overriding effect of Act.<br><strong>HINDU MARRIAGES<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conditions for a Hindu marriage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[Omitted.].<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ceremonies for a Hindu marriage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Registration of Hindu marriages.<br><strong>RESTITUTION OF CONJUGAL RIGHTS AND JUDICIAL SEPARATION<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Restitution of conjugal right.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Judicial separation.<br><strong>NULLITY OF MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Void marriages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Voidable marriages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Divorce.<br>13A. Alternate relief in divorce proceedings.<br>13B. Divorce by mutual consent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No petition for divorce to be presented within one year of marriage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Divorced persons when may marry again.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Legitimacy of children of void and voidable marriages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Punishment of bigamy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Punishment for contravention of certain other conditions for a Hindu marriage.<br><strong>JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Court to which petition shall be presented.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contents and verification of petitions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Application of Act 5 of 1908.<br>21A. Power to transfer petitions in certain cases.<br>21B. Special provision relating to trial and disposal of petitions under the Act.<br>21C. Documentary evidence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Proceedings to be in camera and may not be printed or published.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Decree in proceedings.<br>23A. Relief for respondent in divorce and other proceedings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maintenance pendente lite and expenses of proceedings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Permanent alimony and maintenance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Custody of children.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Disposal of property.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Appeals from decrees and orders.<br>28A. Enforcement of decrees and orders.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Savings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[Repealed.].<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS PRELIMINARY SECTIONS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bachelor-laws"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8257"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8260,"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8257\/revisions\/8260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infipark.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}