S. OBUL REDDI, C. J.

( 1 ) THE short and interesting question that arises in this Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is whether a marriage between two minors, when the bridegroom has not completed the age of eighteen years and the bride the age of fifteen years at the time of the marriage, is no marriage in the eye of law.

( 2 ) THE facts are not in dispute. The appellant is the wife. Admittedly, she was aged about six years at the date of her marriage with the respondent, who was then eleven years old, the date of marriage being Vaisakha Bahula Pancharm in Hevilambi year (1957 ). On 6-5-1958, the father of the appellant is alleged to have executed a settlement deed conferring certain rights on the appellant and the respondent. In 1967, misunderstandings arose between the appellants father and the family of the respondent. The appellants father then turned out the respondent from his house and executed a revocation deed on 1-5-1967 purporting to revoke the settlement deed executed by him earlier on 6-5-1958. On 9-5-1967, he issued a registered notice to the respondent repudiating the marriage between the appellant and the respondent. To that, the respondent sent a reply warning the appella

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