india marriage
What is the legality of atheist marriage among consanguineous couples in India?
<p>I am preparing an academic report on laws regarding incest in India. Hinduism law and both major schools under Islamic law <a href="https://blog.ipleaders.in/incest-in-india/#Void_marriage_in_Hindu_laws" rel="nofollow noreferrer">consider sibling marriage void</a>. A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Marriage_Act,_1954" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Special Marriage Act</a> was introduced to govern the marriage among atheists. However I could not find any information regarding consanguineous couples.</p>

<p>See <a href="https://www.webcitation.org/5syrz9P0c" rel="nofollow noreferrer">footnote 9</a> from your Wikipedia link to the Special Marriage Act:</p>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>Necessary Conditions For A Marriage</strong></p>
<p>The following conditions are necessary :</p>
<p>...</p>
<ol start="6">
<li>That the parties are not within the degrees of prohibited relationship. However where a custom governing at least one of the
parties permits a marriage between them, such marriage may be
solemnized nonwithstanding that they are within the degrees of
prohibited relationship as follows:</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>degrees of prohibited relationship</strong></p>
<p>A man and any of the person mentioned in part I of the first schedule
and a woman and any of the person mentioned in Part II of the said
schedule are with in the degrees of prohibited relationship.</p>
<p>Relationship includes</p>
<p>(a) relationship by half or uterine blood as well as by fool [sic] blood;</p>
<p>(b) illegitimate blood relationship as well as legitimate;</p>
<p>(c) relationship by adoption as well as by blood; and all terms of
relationship in this Act shell be construed accordingly.</p>
<p>''Full blood'' and ''half blood''- Two person are said to be related
to each other by full blood when they are descended from the common
ancestor but by different wives.</p>
<p>''Uterine blood''- Two persons are said to be related to each other by
uterine blood when they are descended from a common ancestress but by
different husbands.</p>
<p>''Ancester'' includes the father and ''ancestress'' the mother.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Parts 1 and 2 of the First Schedule provide a comprehensive list of the prohibited relationships but are too voluminous to quote here.</p>
