Principle: One of the essential conditions for a marriage between any two persons to be solemnized under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, is that at the time of marriage the male has completed the age of twenty-one years and the female the age of eighteen years. If the said condition is not fulfilled, such a marriage is null and void. Facts: A, a male aged twenty-two years, proposes to marry B, a female aged sixteen years, at Delhi in the month of June 2014 under the Special Marriage Act, 1954.