As per Section 5 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, one of the main conditions for a marriage to be solemnized between two Hindus is that neither party has a spouse living at the time of the marriage.
Further, it is laid down in Section 11 of the said Act that if a marriage is solemnized in violation of the above condition, then such marriage shall be null and void. This means that such marriage shall be completely invalid in the eyes of the law.
Thus, if a Hindu man wants to be married to two women simultaneously (i.e., at the same time), then that implies that when he marries the second woman, at that time he already has a spouse living. This implies that his second marriage would be in violation of Section 5, and thus, this second marriage would be null and void.
Therefore, in law, it is not possible for a Hindu to be married to two women simultaneously, even if both women willingly agree to this arrangement. The second such marriage will be null and void in the eyes of law.
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