Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 83 · Decided 14 February 2006
SMT. Seema v. Ashwani Kumar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 83 · [2006] 2 S.C.R. 220
- Case number
- TRANSFER PETITION (CIVIL) No. 291/2005
- Decided
- 14 February 2006
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, S.H. KAPADIA (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 25; Constitution; Registration Act
Headnote
Family Law: Registration of marriage-Marriages of all Indian citizens, irrespective C 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 there is no official record of the marriage. Notices were issued to various States and Union Territories to assist the Court in laying down guidelines in the matter of registration of marriages. All the States and the Union Territories indicated their stand E that registration of marriages is
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