HINDU MARRIAGE ACT NOT APPLICABLE ON ME BECAUSE I AM SHEDULE TRIBE MEMBER HINDU MARRIAGE ACT NOT APPLICABLE ON ME BECAUSE I AM SHEDULE TRIBE MEMBER

2 years ago

I am schedule tribe member and I want to divorce in our community because HMA act is not applicable on us. I need a direction through family court on order sheet to divorce through adivasi panchayat

Abhimanyu Shandilya

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A.Marriages and divorces are regulated by the personal laws and tradition as applicable to the individuals. In case you are not covered under the HMA then you can follow your own traditional tribal method and post that yo can apply for a declaration suit in the local court for the same.
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