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- Section 5. Conditions for a Hindu marriage.The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
- Section 7. Ceremonies for a Hindu marriage.The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
- Section 8. Registration of Hindu marriages.The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
- Section 18. Punishment for contravention of certain other conditions for a Hindu marriage.The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
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- Section 92. Income from other sources.The Income-tax Act, 2025
... t of the spouse; (G) spouse of the person referred to in items (B) to (F); and (ii) for a Hindu undivided family, any member thereof; (h) “unit linked insurance policy” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Schedule II (Note 1).
- Section 99. Income of individual to include income of spouse, minor child, etc.The Income-tax Act, 2025
... . (3) Where a property owned by an individual is converted into property belonging to the Hindu undivided family of which he is a member, through— (a) the act of impressing such separate property with the character of property belonging to ...
- Section 2. Definitions.The Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention and Control) Act, 2017
... person has relationship in the nature of marriage; (q) "person" includes an individual, a Hindu Undivided Family, a company, a firm, an association of persons or a body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, in India or outside India, ...
- Section 20. Amendment of Act No. 25 of 1955. The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006
In the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, in section 18, for clause (a) , the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-- "(a) in the case of contravention of the condition specified in clause (iii) of section 5, with rigorous imprisonment whic ...
- Section 5. Exemption in respect of certain gifts.The Gift-tax Act, 1958
... f property in the form of Special Bearer Bonds, 1991; 7 (iiic) 8 being an individual or a Hindu undivided family, of property in the form of such Capital Investment Bonds as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazett ...
- Section 4. Net wealth to include certain assets.The Wealth-tax Act, 1957
... proviso to clause (a).]] 15 [(1A) Where, in the case of an individual being a member of a Hindu undivided family, any property having been the separate property of the individual has, at any time after the 31st day of December, 1969, been c ...
- Section 3. Definitions. The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956
... continuously and uniformly observed for a long time, has obtained the force of law among Hindus in any local area, tribe, community, group or family: Provided that the rule is certain and not unreasonable or opposed to public policy: and P ...
- Section 9. Testamentary guardians and their powers. The Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956
(1) A Hindu father entitled to act as the natural guardian of his minor legitimate children may, by will appoint a guardian for any of them in respect of the minor's person or in respect of the minor's property (other than the undivided int ...
- Section 13. Welfare of minor to be paramount consideration. The Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956
(1) In the appointment of declaration of any person as guardian of a Hindu minor by a court, the welfare of the minor shall be the paramount consideration. (2) No person shall be entitled to the guardianship by virtue of the provisions of t ...
- Section 14. Property of a female Hindu to be her absolute property. The Hindu Succession Act, 1956
(1) Any property possessed by a female Hindu, whether acquired before or after the commencement of this Act, shall be held by her as full owner thereof and not as a limited owner. Explanation .-- In this sub-section, "property" includes bot ...
- Section 14. Determination of adoptive mother in certain cases. The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956
(1)Where a Hindu who has a wife living adopts a child, she shall be deemed to be the adoptive mother. (2) Where an adoption has been made with the consent of more than one wife, the seniormost in marriage among them shall be deemed to be th ...
- Section 1. Short title and extent.The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
(1) This Act may be called the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir*, and applies also to Hindus domiciled in the territories to which this Act extends who are outside the said ...
- Section 13. Divorce.The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
... years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition; or] (ii) has ceased to be a Hindu by conversion to another religion; or 2 [(iii) has been incurably of unsound mind, or has been suffering continuously or intermittently from men ...
- Section 17. Punishment of bigamy.The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
Any marriage between two Hindus solemnized after the commencement of this Act is void if at the date of such marriage either party had a husband or wife living; and the provisions of sections 494 and 495 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (45 o ...
- Section 29. Savings.The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
(1) A marriage solemnized between Hindus before the commencement of this Act, which is otherwise valid, shall not be deemed to be invalid or ever to have been invalid by reason only of the fact that the parties thereto belonged to the same ...
- Section 19. Effect of marriage on member of undivided family. The Special Marriage Act, 1954
... marriage solemnized under this Act of any member of an undivided family who professes the Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina religions shall be deemed to effect his severance from such family.
- Section 21A. Special provision in certain cases. The Special Marriage Act, 1954
... cases. -- Where the marriage is solemnized under this Act of any person who professes the Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina religion with a person who professes the Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina religion, section 19 and section 21 shall not a ...
- Section 27. Divorce. The Special Marriage Act, 1954
... e, been guilty of rape, sodomy or bestiality; (ii) that in a suit under section 18 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 (78 of 1956), or in a proceeding under section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) (or u ...
- Section 2. Marriage between Arya Samajists not to be invalid. The Arya Marriage Validation Act, 1937
Notwithstanding any provision of Hindu Law, usage or custom to the contrary no marriage contracted whether before or after the commencement of this Act between two persons being at the time of the marriage Arya Samajists shall be invalid or ...
- Section 20. Interests and powers not acquired nor lost by marriage. The Indian Succession Act, 1925
... y marriage, one or both of the parties to which professed at the time of the marriage the Hindu, Muhammadan, Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina religion.