What has SC said on the validity of 'self-respect' marriages?
SC has overruled the Madras HC order, where it was held that "self-respect" marriages cannot be solemnised in secrecy.
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SC has overruled the Madras HC order, where it was held that "self-respect" marriages cannot be solemnised in secrecy.
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Madras HC had earlier ordered the initiation of disciplinary action against advocates solemnising self-respect marriages, as “self-respect marriages could not be solemnised in secrecy”.
The Court said that the Madras High Court's view was a narrow one based on the assumption that self-respect marriage needed public declaration.
The Supreme Court today ruled that advocates, being officers of the court, should abstain from undertaking or volunteering to solemnize 'self-respect marriages' as per Hindu Marriage Act 1955 (as...