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How does a court infer marriage in India?
<p>Since in India marriages are not legal contracts, how does a court infer marriage in India?</p>
<p>As living together is legal in India without marriage, having a biological child cannot be the proof of marriage in India.</p>
<p>If registration of marriage is not done, then how does the Government of India infer marriage.</p>
<p>What are the articles defining it?</p>

<p>The main division is between religious marriage versus civil marriages, the latter governed by <a href="https://legislative.gov.in/sites/default/files/A1954-43_1.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Special Marriage Act, 1954</a>, which is available to anyone. There are also marriage laws available under certain religions via <a href="https://indiankanoon.org/doc/590166/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955</a>, <a href="https://home.kar.nic.in/download_files/Passport/The_Indian_Christian_Marriage_Act1872.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872</a>, <a href="https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1325952/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act</a>, 1937 and <a href="https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/2476/1/a1936_____3.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936</a>, as well as <a href="https://legislative.gov.in/sites/default/files/A1909-07.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Anand Marriage Act, 1909</a> applicable to Sikh marriage, with a <a href="https://prsindia.org/files/bills_acts/bills_parliament/2012/Anand_Marriage_(Amendment)_Bill,_2012.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">2012 amendment</a> (previously, Sikh marriages were treated as a subcase of Hindu marriages, as is the case for Jain and Buddhist marriages). There are no codified religious marriages for other religions such as Shinto.</p>
