Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

A marriage may be solemnized between any two Hindus, if the following conditions are fulfilled, namely:—

(i) neither party has a spouse living at the time of the marriage;

¹[(ii) at the time of the marriage, neither party—

• (a) is incapable of giving a valid consent to it in consequence of unsoundness of mind; or
• (b)  though capable of giving a valid consent, has been suffering from mental disorder of such a kind or to such an extent as to be unfit for marriage and the procreation of children; or
• (c) has been subject to recurrent attacks of insanity ¹***;]

(iii)   the bridegroom has completed the age of ² [twenty-one years] and the bride, the age of ³[eighteen years] at the time of the marriage;

(iv) the parties are not within the degrees of prohibited relationship unless the custom or usage governing each of them permits of a marriage between the two;

(v) the parties are not sapindas of each other, unless the custom or usage governing each of them permits of a marriage between the two;

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