law: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
  6. Guardianship in marriage.-
  (1) Wherever the consent of a guardian in marriage is necessary
  
  for a bride under this Act, the persons entitled to give such consent shall be
  
  the following in the order specified there under, namely:-
  (a) the father;
  (b) the mother;
  (c) the paternal grandfather;
  (d) the paternal grandmother;
  (e) the brother by full blood; as between brothers the elder
  
  being preferred;
  (f) the brother by half blood; as between brothers by half blood
  
  the elder being preferred:
  Provided that the bride is living with him and is being
  
  brought up by him;
  (g) the paternal uncle by full blood; as between paternal uncles
  
  the elder being preferred;
  (h) the paternal uncle by half blood; as between paternal uncles
  
  by half blood the elder being preferred:
  Provided that the bride is living with him and is being
  
  brought up by him;
  (i) the maternal grandfather;
  (j) the maternal grandmother;
  (k) the maternal uncle by full blood; as between maternal uncles
  
  the elder being preferred:
  Provided that the bride is living with him and is being
  
  brought up by him.
  (2) No person shall be entitled to act as a guardian in marriage
  
  under the provisions of this section unless such person has himself completed
  
  his or her twenty-first year.
  (3) Where any person entitled to be the guardian in marriage
  
  under the foregoing provisions refuses, or is for any cause unable or unfit, to
  
  act as such, the person next in order shall be entitled to be the guardian.
  (4) In the absence of any such person as is referred to in
  
  sub-section (1), the consent of a guardian shall not be necessary for a
  
  marriage under this Act.
  (5) Nothing in this Act shall affect the jurisdiction of a court
  
  to prohibit by injunction an intended marriage, if in the interest of the bride
  
  for whose marriage consent is required, the court thinks it necessary to do so.