Supreme Court of India
Smt. Seema v. Ashwani Kumar
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that marriages of all persons who are citizens of India belonging to various religions should be made compulsorily registrable in their respective States, where the marriage is solemnized.
Judgment, page 7
From the headnote
Family Law: Registration of marriage-Marriages of all Indian citizens, irrespective of religion-Held: Made compulsorily registrable-States and Central Governments directed to take steps. While hearing a transfer petition, this Court noted that in large number of cases some unscrupulous persons are denying the existence of marriage taking advantage of the situation that in most of the States there is no official record of the marriage.…
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