Principle One of the essential conditions for a marriage between any two persons to be solemniz...........

Legal Concepts Family Law

Principle: One of the essential conditions for a marriage between any two persons to be solemnized under the Special Marriage Act. 1954 is that at the time of the marriage the male has completed the age of twenty-one years and the female the age of eighteen years. If the said condition is not fulfilled such a marriage is null and void.

Facts: ‘A’, a male aged twenty-two years, proposes to marry ‘B’ , a female aged sixteen years. At Delhi in the month of June 2014 under the Special Marriage Act, 1954.

Marriage between ‘A’ and ‘B’ can be legally solemnized under the Special Marriage Act. 1954

Marriage between ‘A’ and ‘B’ cannot be legally solemnized under the Special Marriage Act, 1954

Marriage between ‘A’ and ‘B’ can remain valid for A under the Special Marriage Act. 1954

None of the above is correct

Explanation:

In order to solemnise the marriage under the SMA,1954,
the female must be of 18 years of age which is not the case here.
Hence, option 2 is the correct answer.