Mr Sarthak Bhatia, Chandigarh University
ABSTRACT
With the ever evolving society the law becomes old and obsolete and needs rectifications and modifications which increase the scope of researchers to work upon. Therefore the researcher has written the present research work to bring forth the readers the intricacies of marriage system in India. The research traces down to early 18th and 19th century when marrying two spouses was not an offence to a time where people are setting trends by marrying themselves.
Bigamy is now an offence in Hindu law and is described under section 494 of Indian Penal Code. This research work has all the latest and landmark cases and all the complexities of bigamy as an offence in India. It also highlights the difference between bigamy in Hindu law and Islamic law. The later part of the research work talks about Sologamy and how a 24 year old girl in India became a trendsetter by marrying oneself. It also talks about opinions of various law students and academicians in favor and against
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