Family Law News Top Law News Marriages without priest cannot be declared as illegal: HC November 10, 2015 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Nearly 50 years after Tamil Nadu government legalised “self-respect” marriages which are conducted without a priest the Madras High Court has upheld the amendment made in the year 1968 to simplify Hindu marriages. Dismissing a PIL filed by A Asuvathaman, an advocate, against the amendment to the Hindu Marriage Act, the first bench comprising Chief […] Read more ยป Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul featured HC Hindu Marriages Act Justice T S Sivagnanam legalising self-respect marriages Marriages without priest Marriages without priest cannot be declared as illegal PIL filed by A Asuvathaman