Those who avoid marrying in order to escape stiff marriage laws may not find it easy to do so.
There is law that if Suicide of wife takes place within 7 years of marriage, the law will presume that husband or relatives may have abetted suicide and burden will be on them to prove innocence.
The same rule may get applied to 'marriage like relationships' also.
If the girl commits suicide within 7 years of Live in Relationship, same legal trouble may arise.
The word 'Marriage' in these Laws have nothing to about validity of marriage. It also does not define marriage.
On the other hand there are cases where wife-protection related criminal laws are applied to marriage like relationships.
The Live-in-Relationship is only a one such 'marriage type relationship'.
The laws continue to expand in accordance with expanding genius of mankind.
Haresh Raichura