In a bizarre incident, a man from Maharashtra has been booked by cops after videos of him marrying a pair of twin sisters together in the same ceremony went viral. The incident occurred in바카라 웹사이트Malshiras tehsil바카라 웹사이트of Solapur district on Friday. The groom,바카라 웹사이트Atul Uttam Autade, however, has been booked for a non-congnisable offense under section바카라 웹사이트494 of the Indian Penal Code which penalises remarriage바카라 웹사이트during lifetime of husband or wife after a local resident named Rahul Bharat approached the cops.바카라 웹사이트
The wedding was not being held in secret. Both the sisters seemed to be happy with the arrangement and could be seen taking turns to garland the groom as part of the nuptials. Crowds present at the wedding including friends and relatives were seen cheering the trio on.바카라 웹사이트
According to a report in the Hindustan Times, the two 36-year-old twin sisters, Rinky and Pinky바카라 웹사이트Padgaonkar, are residents of Chandivali West, Mumbai.바카라 웹사이트The duo decided to marry바카라 웹사이트Autade, a resident of Mhalung, as they did not want to separate from each other. They tied the knot with Autade during the same ceremony. Autade tied the knot with Rinky first, then married Pinky.바카라 웹사이트
Is Autade's marriage legal?바카라 웹사이트
According to the Hindu Marriage Act, polygamy is prohibited, meaning a polygamous Hindu marriage is aofr all legal purposes null and void. Polygamy became illegal in India in 1956, uniformly for all of its citizens except for Muslims, who are permitted to have four wives.바카라 웹사이트Hindus in Goa and along the western coast are allowed more than one wife since bigamy is legal for them.바카라 웹사이트 However, several Adivasi communities continue to practice polygamy.바카라 웹사이트
Legally the second wife of a Hindu would be a mistress, although religiously and socially she may be considered a wife.바카라 웹사이트Polygamy among Hindus is sometimes accepted in some rural areas, often with approval by earlier wives. The 2005-06 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3) found that 2 percent of women reported that their husband had other wives besides themselves.바카라 웹사이트
In the case of the Patgaonkar wedding, lawyers state that in such cases, the complaint has to come from the first wife. In this case, both wives seem to have given consent to the wedding. To certify whether the wedding is legitimate, authorities have to ascertain that all rules and rituals were followed.
While Padgaonkars'바카라 웹사이트wedding wish may seem unusual, this is not the first time that twins or triplets have sought to marry twins, or even the same person. In May, News24.com reported on two twin sisters from바카라 웹사이트Johannesburg who were in search of the perfect man to marry. Earlier in March,바카라 웹사이트a Congolese man, identified as Luwizo had gone viral on social media after he married three sisters together on the same day.바카라 웹사이트
