Solemnisation of marriage"

N.K.Assumi (Querist) 11 September 2008 This query is : Resolved
Under Special Marriage act if an officer who is not designated as a marriage officer solemnized a marriage, the marriage is Void. Now, if a Hindu couple solemnized a marriage before a pundit as per their customs, but discovered that the pundit was really not a pundit, will the marriage be void though in good faith they solemnized the marriage?

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KamalNayanSaxena (Expert) 12 September 2008
It is no where mentioned in Hindu customs that marriage shall be solemnised by pundit. The only thing requred is 'Saptpadi' where the couple have to take seven rounds evidencing 'Agni'.