Dismissing the petition of a 44-year-old Muslim man, who had challenged the refusal of a local civic body to register his second marriage, the Kerala High Court has observed that “religion is secondary and constitutional rights are supreme”. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO

The petitioner, hailing from Kannur, had already registered his first marriage with the civil registration authority. With the consent of his first wife, he married another woman in 2017. To ensure that the two children born from the second marriage have lawful rights to the property, the petitioner and his second wife sought to register their marriage at a local panchayat, but it did not entertain their plea. Subsequently, the two approached the High Court.

Dismissing the petition, Justice P V Kunhikrishnan said on Oct

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