Muslim men can register multiple marriage as their personal laws permit: HC

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A division bench of Justices B P Colabawalla and Somasekhar Sundaresan on October 15 directed the deputy marriage registration office of the Thane Municipal Corporation to decide the application filed by a Muslim man in February last year seeking to register his third marriage with a woman from Algeria.

A Muslim man can register more than one marriage as their personal laws permit multiple marriages, the Bombay High Court held in a case of a man seeking to register his union with his third wife.

The authorities refused to register the marriage on the ground that under the Maharashtra Regulation of Marriage Bureaus and Registration of Marriage Act, the definition of marriage contemplates only a single marriage and not multiple unions.

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Category: BusinessFinance

Markets: IndiaAlgeriaOman

Topics: Marriage Recognition of same-sex unions in India Bombay High Court Public Finance Activities Thane Municipal Corporation Mating systems Maharashtra Marriage law Conflict of marriage laws Polygamy Matrimonial law of Singapore Somasekhar Sundaresan

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Published On: 2024-10-22 @ 14:46:17 (6 days ago)

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