Married person wants to marry first cousin without giving divorce
24-Nov-2023 (In Divorce Law)
My friend is married and his spouse is alive. But he loves his first cousin (Mother’s Sister’s Daughter) and wants to marry her without giving divorce to his first wife. I don’t want to see him in trouble in future. I have told him several times that it is not possible and he could get punished for 5-7 years for bigamy but he says following “Marriage with first cousin in india is void from the date of marriage because of “prohibited degrees in marriage”. So if he does marriage with his cousin then it means their marriage is automatically void (like never existed). Because second marriage doesn’t exist from the date of marriage so he can not be punished for 5-7 years for a marriage that never existed. His first cousin already knows that he is married so he is not doing any fraud and can’t get punishment for fraud. He can only be punished under “prohibited degrees in marriage” which is 1 month OR 1000 Rs. fine. “ Is this true? Will indian law not punish him for 5-7 years?
Dear sir/mam
We have read out your query very carefully ,your question is that your friend is married and his spouse is alive but is love his first cousion and wants to marry first cousion without giving divorce , mam/sir according to hindu law you can not second marry without first divorce .
We have read out your query very carefully ,your question is that your friend is married and his spouse is alive but is love his first cousion and wants to marry first cousion without giving divorce , mam/sir according to hindu law you can not second marry without first divorce .
Marriage within prohibit degree of relationship is null and void from very beginning . Means if marriage is done within mother or father relatives than it is not legal.
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