If a married person enters into a second marriage when his first wife is alive without getting divorce is Bigamy this is the general meaning everywhere in world.
Now what is exactly Bigamy as per Indian law and does the following cases be charged for Bigamy.
1. Husband and wife living 1 year separation period and on a week before the divorce decree husband solemnise Hindu ceremonial marriage without registration will this be considered Bigamy.How can it be considered Bigamy as after divorce from first wife?Is Bigamy a continuous offence?
2. If the second marriage is solemnised as per Hindu ceremony but the marriage is not consumated and the couples never lived together as husband and wife and there is no cohabitation will it constitute Bigamy.
The law states that Marriage registration is compulsory to curb child marriages and Bigamy but in Hindu marriages registration is not compulsory and in situation when a person is forced to enter a marriage ceremony then how can this be legal.You may search on youtube Indian forced marriage and you will find good example how Indian men are beaten and forced into marriage.
