=== Hindu, Christian couple’s marriage is invalid ===
The Madras high court said today the marriage of a Hindu woman and a Christian man is not legally valid if either of them does not convert.
Alternately, their marriage should have been registered under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, if they preferred to follow their religions without conversion.
Justice PR Shivakumar and justice VS Ravi said if the couple wanted to solemnise their marriage as per Hindu custom, the man should have converted to Hinduism or the woman should have converted to Christianity if she wanted to do so as per Christian custom while dismissing a Habeas Corpus petition filed by the woman’s parents.
