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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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Neelanjit Das

Marriage registration alone isn't enough: Gujarat HC says Hindu marriage is invalid without Saptapadi

A husband who had moved to the United Kingdom for job and study got a shock when the daughter of his employer claimed that he was her legally married husband. She also went to his family home in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, showed his parents a marriage certificate, and said that they were legally married.

He insisted that he had never married her, nor had they ever performed any Hindu rites and ceremonies or lived together as a married couple. He also mentioned that as he was working in her father's company, it's possible that his signature on the marriage documents was fraudulently obtained without his consent.

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