Rites and ceremonies must be performed for Hindu marriage to be valid, says Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently observed that appropriate rites and ceremonies must be performed for a Hindu marriage to be valid under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, reported Live Law on Tuesday.

The court passed the judgement on April 19 in a petition by a woman seeking the transfer of divorce proceedings. Amid the divorce proceedings, the woman and her husband had jointly applied for a declaration that their marriage was not valid as they had not performed any customs and rites.

A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Augustine George Masih held that the marriage of the petitioners was not valid since it was not solemnised, reported Live Law.