Gujarat’s Marriage Registration Amendment Bill: What the Bill Proposes
Gujarat Govt releases the Gujarat Registration of Marriages (Amendment) Bill, 2026 focused on public notice, transparency, strengthen verification and fraud prevention.
Marriage Registration
Marriage in law, not in substance: Delhi HC waives one-year bar under Section 14 HMA for couple who never cohabited
“Insisting upon continuation of a marriage which exists only in law, and not in substance, would amount to compelling the parties to endure a relationship devoid of any matrimonial foundation, thereby causing avoidable hardship rather than advancing the object of the statute.”
Supreme Court directs States/UTs to frame rules under Anand Marriage Act to facilitate registration of marriages solemnised by Anand Karaj
“In a secular republic, the State must not turn a citizen’s faith into either a privilege or a handicap. When the law recognises Anand Karaj as a valid form of marriage yet leaves no machinery to register it, the promise is only half kept”.
[Special Marriage Act] ‘AI increased the possibility of impersonation’; Delhi High Court directs Indian National to appear before Indian High Commission in Canada and join video conferencing
The Marriage Registration Authority submitted that in view of the advancement in the technology in Artificial Intelligence, the possibility of somebody impersonating Petitioner cannot be ruled out.
Kerala High Court | ‘Solemnisation of marriage’ is the consideration for registering marriages under the Kerala Registration of Marriages Rules and not ‘religion of the parties’
Kerala High Court: In a writ petition filed being aggrieved by the refusal of registration of marriage by the Registrar
Physical Presence v. Video Conference | Physical Presence for registration of marriage under Delhi (Compulsory Registration of Marriage) Order, 2014, a necessity? Delhi HC decides
Delhi High Court: While addressing a request for registration of marriage without requiring the physical presence of the couple, Rekha Palli, J.,