Madras High Court directs trial court to hear non-religious couple’s plea to void marriage

The woman’s plaint seeking annulment of the marriage was returned twice, with the trial court citing that it was not conducted as per the Hindu law.A 2022 marriage between two people who did not identify themselves with any religion ran into a legal hurdle when the trial court returned a woman’s request to declare the marriage null and void, citing that it was not performed under the Hindu law.