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Post by rawemotions Sun Sep 07, 2014 12:47 am

India has a special Marriage act which has some strange provisions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Marriage_Act,_1954

One of the conflicting provisions highlighted by the High Court was that under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, a marriage solemnized was void if either of the parties to the marriage had not attained the requisite age, but such a marriage solemnized under the Hindu Marriage Act would not be void (though punishable under the Child Marriage Restraint Act). Likewise, after attaining puberty, if a marriage is contract under the Muslim Law then such marriage is also valid and liable to be.


So let us say central government wants to fix this and remove both the clauses highlighted in BOLD above. Who will oppose these changes ? Will the (Political Islamist) Muslims  Agree ? 

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