HOW THE CODE CAN IMPACT MARRIAGES

A common law can fix minimum legal age for marriage, abolish bigamy and polygamy and encourage interfaith marriages

MARRIAGE LAW FOR HINDUS, BUDDHISTS, JAINS

Marriages in the three religions are governed by the Hindu Marriage Act (HMA), 1955

Special provisions the UCC may abolish:

➘ Section 2(2) of the HMA, which excludes Scheduled Tribes from the applicability of the law; Sections 5(5) & 7, which allow customary practices to override the provisions of the law

MARRIAGE LAW FOR MUSLIMS

➘ The Muslim Personal (Shariat) Application Act, 1937, states that Shariat or the Islamic law will guide marriage, divorce, and maintenance

Special provisions the UCC may abolish:

➘ Minimum age of marriage under Shariat, which is 15 years or puberty

➘ Men having up to four wives, provided they treat all of them equally

➘ Marriage between a Muslim man and a non-Muslim woman, which is not considered void but irregular, and can be validated if the woman converts to Islam