New Delhi. The Supreme Court made very serious comments regarding Hindu marriage during the hearing of a case. The Supreme Court said that Hindu marriage is not an event of dancing, drinking, eating or a business transaction, it is a sacrament. A ritual that has great value in Indian society. Not only this, the court said that Hindu marriage cannot be recognized without customs and seven rounds.
A bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Augustine George Masih, while dealing with the provisions of the Hindu Marriage Act, said that unless the marriage is solemnized with proper rites and in proper form, it would be void under Section 7(1) of the Act. ) cannot be said to be accomplished as per . The court said in its order that unless a Hindu marriage is performed as per the applicable rites like ‘Saptapadi’ (seven rounds), that marriage will not be considered a Hindu marriage.
The bench said that Hindu marriage is a sacrament and has a sacred character. Hindu marriage is the foundation of a new family. The bench said that in Hindu marriage the wife has been given the status of better half. Additionally, the court also noted cases where marriages were registered under Section 8 of the Hindu Marriage Act for reasons such as visa applications without the couples actually solemnizing the marriage. The court said that registration alone does not validate the marriage. The Court said that registration validates the marriage in disputed cases but if no marriage has taken place as per Section 7 of the Hindu Marriage Act, registration will not provide validity to the marriage.
Actually, the court was hearing the divorce petition of a couple in which it was told that as per Hindu rites and customs, their family had fixed the date of the marriage ceremony as October 25, 2022. The couple claimed to have solemnized their marriage on July 7, 2021. They registered the marriage under the Uttar Pradesh Marriage Registration Rules, 2017. Meanwhile they lived separately and differences arose between them. The bench also urged young men and women to think deeply about how sacred the sacrament of marriage is considered in the Indian society before getting married.