In November last year, the High Court had observed that a Hindu marriage is not complete unless the bride and groom perform the saptapadi or saat pheras.
The Patna High Court recently annulled a marriage on the ground that the groom was forced to marry at gunpoint and Saptapadi (saat pheras) under the Hindu Marriage Act (HMA) was not performed.
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