We all are well aware of the diversity in the religious ethnicities in India. All of them have their own beliefs and customs. In order to maintain a proper law and order in the country, the India law houses different laws for different ethnicities. This way the religious group see themselves as save guarded and pampered by the law of the country.

Muslim marriage acts of Muslims if not under the Indian majority Act (1857). The Act is directly under the Muslim law.

According to the law, if a person has attained the age of years, is of sound mind and has attained puberty; their marriage cannot be done without their own consent. If you only give the consent of being married to the person then the marriage is solemnized. Another interesting thing to note about the Muslim marriage Act is that it doesn’t strictly ask for the presence of a Qazi or a priest to be present in order to solemnize the wedding. If two people are willing, the proposal can be put forward. In the presence of two men or one man and two women man and women can take each other as the wed. A wedding without any witnesses is considered null and void.

There are certain relationships that are considered prohibited in the Muslimmarriageact.

For example, the mother and the son, the niece and uncle, father daughter, etc.

Marriage triage is a civil contract between two people and it can even be broken. This is called as the dissolution of Muslim marriage act of 1939. There are certain ways of dissolution of the wedding.

One way is that the husband can simply say the words of “Talak” three times and the divorce occurs. In this there is no need for the husband to give the reason for the divorce to the wife. Another way is to have the divorce mutually. The ritual of Khula can occur by initiation of the wife. This is a form of mutual divorce. Another form of mutual divorce is Mubarat. This too occurs too by mutual agreement.