HC on Saptapadi: No Hindu Marriage Deemed Valid Until 'Saptapadi' Is Performed, Says Madhya Pradesh High Court

The high court observed while dismissing a plea filed by four petitioners seeking to quash an FIR lodged against them for offences under Sections 366 (abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage), 498- A (cruelty), 34 (common intention) of IPC.

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The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently said that in Hindu law, marriage is not a contract and unless and until Saptapadi is performed, there cannot be said to be a valid marriage. The high court observed while dismissing a plea filed by four petitioners seeking to quash an FIR lodged against them for offences under Sections 366 (abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage), 498- A (cruelty), 34 (common intention) of IPC. As per a report in Live Law, the petitioners were allegedly said to have abducted the victim by forcibly bringing her to Jabalpur. Later, they took her to the high court premises and coerced her into signing specific documents pertaining to the marriage of the victim and petitioner no one. Madhya Pradesh High Court Refuses Relief to Police Constable Who Resigned From Service in 1994, Says 'Cannot Withdraw Resignation Once It Is Accepted'.

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