Marriage between first cousins illegal: Punjab and Haryana HC - News Summed Up

Marriage between first cousins illegal: Punjab and Haryana HC


indiaUpdated: Nov 20, 2020, 19:48 ISTThe Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that marriage between first cousins is illegal. The court said that marriage which petitioner man wants to perform with a girl, who is his first cousin, was also per se illegal. “...the submission in the present petition that as and when she (the girl) attains the age of 18 years, they will perform marriage is also per se illegal,” the judge said on Thursday while hearing the petition. The state was directed to grant them protection if any threat was perceived to the man and the girl. The counsel for the petitioner has sought time from the court to address arguments and the case was adjourned to January next year.


Source: Hindustan Times November 20, 2020 14:20 UTC



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