Why the need arose for spl. m. act in spite of h.m.act which is prevalent

Goutam Paramanick (Querist) 18 September 2015 This query is : Resolved
Learned Experts, my marriage was solemnized in the year 2013 under Special Marriage Act, 1954. Before the marriage, the bride party had published an advertisement asking for a groom, in a leading Bengali Newspaper in West Bengal. I telephoned, talked to them and after several sittings, the marriage was materialized. After that, the relatives of the bride party engaged a Marriage Register for their choice, gave notice on 9th November, 2013 and the marriage was followed by Registration of Marriage on 13th December, 2013 under Special Marriage Act, 1954. It was their unilateral decision to engage a Marriage Registrar and get the marriage solemnized under the Special Marriage Act without any consultation with me or my family. My family consists of my ailing-aged-uneducated parents who are affected by multiple diseases i.e. COPD, Diabetes, High pressure, Angio-plasty (Heart) and Hearing problems and one sister who is under-education-aged-unmarried-unemployed as well as me. The rituals of marriage were held. My query is whether my marriage was held through Special Marriage Act or Hindu Marriage Act. Both of the family is Hindu and Bengali. So far as I know only Special Marriage Act is applicable to different religions. Is Special Marriage applicable to me? In spite of Hindu Marriage Act which is prevalent, why the need arose for Special Marriage Act? I am eager to know that. Pls. advise me.

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