Which of the following Sections of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 defines ‘degree of prohibited relationship’ ?

The correct answer is (d). Section 3(c) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 defines ‘degree of prohibited relationship’.

Section 3(c) states that “no person shall be entitled to marry another person, if he or she is related to the other person in the following degrees of prohibited relationship, namely:—

(i) Lineal ascendants and descendants;

(ii) Collaterals, namely, brothers and sisters of the whole blood or half-blood, and the children of such brothers and sisters;

(iii) Uncles and aunts of the whole blood or half-blood, and the children of such uncles and aunts;

(iv) First cousins of the whole blood or half-blood;

(v) The mother and father of the husband or wife of the person concerned, and the brother and sister of the husband or wife of the person concerned;

(vi) The son or daughter of the husband or wife of the person concerned, and the son or daughter of the brother or sister of the husband or wife of the person concerned;

(vii) The husband or wife of the father or mother of the person concerned, and the husband or wife of the brother or sister of the father or mother of the person concerned;

(viii) The husband or wife of the son or daughter of the father or mother of the person concerned, and the husband or wife of the son or daughter of the brother or sister of the father or mother of the person concerned;

(ix) The husband or wife of the grandfather or grandmother of the person concerned, and the husband or wife of the grandfather or grandmother of the father or mother of the person concerned;

(x) The husband or wife of the great-grandfather or great-grandmother of the person concerned, and the husband or wife of the great-grandfather or great-grandmother of the father or mother of the person concerned.”

The other options are incorrect because they do not define ‘degree of prohibited relationship’.