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what is provision of prohibited relationship under Hindu marriage act?

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what is provision of prohibited relationship under Hindu marriage act?

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Marriage to be considered as null and Void if comes under Degree of prohibited relationship- Two persons are said to be covered under the degrees of prohibited relationship if 

  • One of the party is the lineal ascendant of the other;
  • If one of the party was the wife or husband of lineal ascendant or descendant of the other;
  • If one of the party was wife of the brother or of the father’s or mother’s brother or of the grandfather’s or grandmother’s brother of the other,
  • If the two are in relation as brother and sister, uncle and niece, aunt and nephew, or children of brother and sister or of two brothers or of two sisters.

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