The petition, settled by filed through advocate Sriram Parakkat, highlighted that such a requirement was absent in the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and customary laws in Islam. Thereby, it was challenged as being discriminatory and violative of Article 14.
“The petition seeks to commiserate the marriage laws to one that is more in tune with just decisional autonomy of two individuals and less to do with social sanction of their marriage,” the PIL read.
Source: Barandbench
