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The Special Marriage Act, 1954 is an Act of the Parliament of India with provision for secular civil marriage (or "registered marriage") for people of India and all Indian nationals in foreign countries, irrelevant of the religion or faith followed (both for inter-religious couples and also for atheists and agnostics) by either party. [1]
All the Muslims in India are governed by the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937. [1] This law deals with marriage, succession, inheritance and charities among Muslims. The Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939 deals with the circumstances in which Muslim women can obtain divorce [ 2 ] and rights of Muslim women who have ...
The Special Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2022 [1] is a Bill of the Parliament of India which seeks to legalise same-sex marriage in India by amending the Special Marriage Act, 1954. [2] It was filed in the Lok Sabha on 2 April 2022 by MP Supriya Sule as a Private member's bill. [3]
The Special Marriage Act, 1954, provides a form of civil marriage to any citizen irrespective of religion, thus permitting any Indian to have their marriage outside the realm of any specific religious personal law. [20] The law applied to all of India, except Jammu and Kashmir. In many respects, the act was almost identical to the Hindu ...
The Congress Government changed the Hindu Marriage in 1955 by enactment of HMA, Special Marriage Act, 1954 and then in 1983 by introduction of section 498A [9] to Indian Penal Code and section 198A to the Criminal Procedure Code. Therefore, there was fierce religious opposition to enacting such laws for marriage, succession and adoption.
An ordained minister of a church or a marriage registrar may conduct marriages under the Act. Special Marriage Act, 1954 (SMA): provides a special form of marriage for all Indian citizens regardless of religion. Marriages contracted under this Act are registered with the state as a civil contract.
Hindu personal law. Hindu personal laws are the laws of the Hindus as they applied during the colonial period (British Raj) of India beginning from the Anglo-Hindu Law to the post-independent Modern Hindu Law. The British found neither a uniform canon administering law for the diverse communities of India nor a Pope or a Shankaracharya whose ...
Muslim marriages in India are considered to be a private matter, unless the couple decided to register their marriage under the Special Marriage Act of 1954. [42] Owing to these historical factors, the checks that have been placed on the husband's unilateral right of divorce by governments of other countries and the prohibition of triple talaq ...