KOCHI: A Muslim man cannot register his second marriage under Kerala Registration of Marriages (Common) Rules, 2008, without notifying his first wife as long as his marital relationship with her is valid, Kerala HC has held. Justice P V Kunhikrishnan passed this order on Oct 30 on a petition filed by a Kannur man (44) and his second wife (38) from Kasaragod, challenging the decision of the registrar of a local self-govt institution to decline to register their marriage. The petitioners argued that under Muslim personal law, a man is entitled to have up to four wives at a time. HC held that the registrar shall not register a second marriage if the first wife objected on the grounds that it was invalid. Instead, the parties must be referred to the competent civil court to establish the

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