While hearing a petition on Thursday, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that marriage between first cousins is illegal. Also read Consent of bride must as per Hindu Marriage Act: Supreme CourtThe court said that marriage which the petitioner (man) wants to perform with a girl, who is his first cousin, was also per se illegal. The State counsel opposed the anticipatory bail plea, raised objections, including that the girl was a minor. 'They fall in the prohibited 'sapinda' (which prohibits marriage between two individuals if they have common ancestor) under the Hindu Marriage Act and cannot perform marriage with each other,' the state counsel argued. The counsel for the petitioner has sought time from the court to address arguments and the case was adjourned to January next year.

Source: dna November 21, 2020 03:56 UTC