A born Christian girl brought up by a Hindu family married a Hindu boy as per shastric ceremonies. The marriage is:
A. Valid
B. Invalid
C. Voidable at the option of girl
D. Voidable at the option of the boy
Answer: Option A
Solution (By Examveda Team)
Under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, the Act applies to Hindus by religion, including those who are born as Hindus or who have converted to or are brought up in the Hindu faith.In several judicial decisions, it has been held that a person born into another religion but brought up as a Hindu and who adopts Hindu customs and practices may be treated as a Hindu under the Act.
In this case, the girl was born Christian but was brought up by a Hindu family and married a Hindu boy according to Shastric Hindu ceremonies.
Her upbringing in Hindu traditions and solemnization of marriage through Hindu rites indicate her acceptance of Hinduism at the time of marriage.
The law recognizes such cases where religious identity is determined by conduct, upbringing, and acceptance of customs, even in the absence of formal conversion.
Therefore, the marriage is valid.
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The children born out of a void Hindu Marriage are in the eye of law
A. Illegitimate
B. Legitimate
C. Illegitimate, having no rights in ancestral property
D. Legitimate but having right of inheritance limited to their parent's property only
A. Entitled to claim maintenance as dependant
B. Not entitled to claim maintenance as dependant
C. Entitled to claim maintenance with the consent of other heirs
D. Entitled to claim maintenance through the judicial process
A. Remains valid
B. Becomes void
C. Becomes voidable
D. None of these
A petition Under Section 12 of Hindu Marriage Act can be filed if:
A. The marriage is solemnized before the commencement of Act
B. The marriage is solemnized before or after the commencement of Act
C. The marriage is solemnized after the commencement of Act
D. The marriage is solemnized after 1956
What is the reason for the answer is their it is necessary that both the should be hindu from the birth