Hindu Law-Asura marriage-Test of-Difference between Asura
and Brahma marriage-Presumption that every Hindu marriage is
in Brahma form-Objector must prove ... sura form since these two
forms are
prohibited.
Verse 27:
The form (of marriage) in which well-attired bride,
decorated with ornaments, is given
eight into approved and unapproved forms. Manu prohibited the 'Asura' and 'Paisacha' forms of marriage, for all Varnas including Sudras ... Yajnavalkya defines the Gandharva form of marriage as a marriage by mutual consent and Vijnaneswara adds that Gandharva marriage takes place through the mutual love
ordinary form rather than in sarvaswadanam form. The antecedent conduct of the parties before the marriage namely, Vasudevan Namboori's taking residence ... marriage by members of the family, indicate that the marriage could not have been in sarvaswadanam form. If it was really intended
which marriage by mutual consent is marriage; and we are driven to look in the law laid down in shastras for some form of marriage ... strongly Contended that if ancient Hindu Law texts sanction this form marriage, we must hold that it is valid. But I am not inclined
form. Of the four base forms, the Anira is the one that is now prevalent and is in fact the most common form of marriage ... unapproved form, there may exist others beside the eight forms.
7. The Hindu Law books, the Smritis, describe the eight forms of marriage among Hindus
through a civil ceremony of marriage before the Registrar of Marriages in Bombay, -see marriage certificate, Exh, B. That marriage was never consummated. The parties ... form of the marriage.
(3) By Canon 1012 the marriage contract is a sacrament, and there can be no valid marriage contract which
means in connection with a marriage, 'to celebrate the marriage with proper ceremonies and in due form', according to the Shorter Oxford Dictionary ... their community, that the marriage was subsisting on the date of the second marriage and the second marriage was also valid and strictly according
through a civil ceremony of marriage before the Registrar of Marriages in Bombay,--see marriage certificate, Ex. B. That marriage was never consummated. The parties ... form of the marriage.
(3) By Canon 1012 the marriage contract is a sacrament, and there can be no valid marriage contract which
form. He also submitted that the defendants specifically asserted in the
written statement that the daughter had undergone 'gharjamai' form of
marriage ... ordinary form of marriage and was living in her matrimonial home
and her marriage was not performed in 'gharjamai' form
means, in connection with a marriage,
'to celebrate the marriage with proper ceremonies and in due
form', according to the Shorter Oxford Dictionary ... ceremonies essential to the
validity of a marriage, whether the marriage
be in the Brahma form or the Asura form,
namely-
(1) invocation before
