HISTORY
THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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Detailed explanation-1: -A marriage can be declared null and void if certain legal requirements were not met at the time of the marriage. If these legal requirements were not met then the marriage is considered to have never existed in the eyes of the law. This process is called annulment.
Detailed explanation-2: -Grounds for a Civil Annulment The only way to obtain a civil annulment that legally dissolves your marriage is by proving one of the following grounds: fraud or misrepresentation, lack of consummation, incest, bigamy, lack of consent, unsound mind, or force.
Detailed explanation-3: -In a single line, the Indian Divorce Act and Hindu Marriage Act have laws related to annulment in India. ⦿ Indian Divorce Act, 1869: Section 18 of the Act gives the right to both of the parties i.e. husband and wife to file a petition for annulment of their marriage.
Detailed explanation-4: -A voidable marriage remains valid and binding and continues to subsist for all purposes unless a decree is passed by the Court annulling the same on any of the grounds mentioned in Section 12.