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Inter Religious Marriages Essay

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Abstract

The aim of this report is to understand the status of inter religious marriages in the Indian society. In this report the researcher has presented the case of PUSHPENDRA @ CHHOTU & ANR v. STATE OF U.P.& ORS with which the researcher has tried to throw light on plight of the people who choose to contact an inter religious marriage.

Research Methodology

This report has been prepared by using doctrinal method of research.

Introduction

Inter religious marriage or inter faith marriage is a marriage between partners professing different religions.

The Indian constitution under article 21 states that “No person shall be deprived of his life and personal liberty except according …show more content…

Here, we see that it is perfectly applicable as the couple were free to marry each other and could not be held guilty in a court of law as the law was not infringed by either of them and both were of marriageable age and thus were well within their rights to enter into marriage with each other. Moreover, The school of positive law believes in a society which strictly follows the codified laws and acts in accordance with them. The case of PUSHPENDRA @ CHHOTU & ANR v. STATE OF U.P.& ORS, is a classic example of this case as here we see how the couple proved their innocence and got police protection just due to the laws prevailing in the country even when the bride’s family was totally against this wedding.

Conclusion

The case of PUSHPENDRA @ CHHOTU & ANR v. STATE OF U.P.& ORS presents the plight of people who decide to contract an inter religious love marriage. The facts stated that the couple had to seek police custody because of the threats of the family members and that the plaintiff was falsely charged of abduction.
It’s been clear from the facts that the society has not yet accepted the idea of inter religion marriage, but the ruling of the judiciary has not been a letdown, the presence of laws that govern the marriage in different religion, the succession in these cases and the special protection provided to the parties of the marriage shows how the jurisprudential theories deals with these matter with

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