Key Points
The issue is governed both by personal laws and the Indian Penal Code (IPC)...
The section reads: Whoever, having a husband or wife living, marries in any case in which such marriage is void by reason of its taking place during the life of such husband or wife, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine...
Section 494) having concealed from the person with whom the subsequent marriage is contracted, the fact of the former marriage, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine...
The Special Marriage Act, 1954, was a radical legislation that proposed the requirement of monogamy subsection (a) of Section 4 of the SMA (Conditions relating to solemnization of special marriages) requires that at the time of marriageneither party has a spouse living...
Section 5 (Conditions for a Hindu marriage) of the Hindu Marriage Act lays down that a marriage may be solemnized between any two Hindus, if[among other conditions] neither party has a spouse living at the time of the marriage...
