Court Marriage

Court marriage in India is consecrated under the Special Marriage Act, 1954. Court marriage is particularly for couples who do not belong to the same religion, as in India every marriage is needed to be registered under a particular act which is decided by their religion and caste. This particular act does not differentiate between the people of different religions but this provides a particular section where couples from different religion can register their marriage. 

When we talk about court marriage, in particular, we can understand that court marriage does not involve the traditional measures of marriage. Court marriage only involves presenting yourself in the court to sign the marriage papers in front of the marriage registrar. 

Any two people with a definite age and consent can marry each other without any discrimination from the law based on their culture and religion. Any people who are facing a predicament from the side of their family in getting married, because they do not belong to the same religion or any other major issues. These couples can go for court marriage as in India, the law has given every adult person the right to marry whoever they want irrespective of their religion and caste. 

In our society, Muslim and a Hindu are still not seen with the good eye if they are going to marry each other, but the Indian government has provided couples from every religion to marry each other. 

In court marriage couples don't need to perform any kind of traditional measures to marry each other, they can simply give their testimonies in front of the marriage magistrate. 

In the eyes of law, 4 types of the act oversee conjugality’s in India, 1st because of the majority population being Hindu, The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 under this act Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists are governed and can couple of this religious beliefs can marry. 2nd The Muslim Marriage act, this governs the Muslim couples of the country. 3rd is the Christian Marriage Act, 1872 which governs the Christian couples of India and the last one is Special Marriage Act, 1954 that allows couples from any religious beliefs to get married irrespective of their caste also. In this act, there are no religious marriage procedures only court marriage happens.

1. Apply for marriage-The couple needs apply for court marriage in the marriage registrar office and get the date from the court to present themselves in the court for the process of marriage.
2.  Notice of marriage- The notice of court marriage is needed to be sent to the address of the couple. Notice is sent in order to get no objection for the marriage. If there’s any kind of objection from any person in the marriage, then getting married can be difficult.
3.  Declaration by the parties and witness- After the sending of notice and getting no objection the parties needs to sign the declaration for the marriage, witnesses are also required to sign the declaration.
4.  Marriage certificate- Marriage certificate is provided to the couple after the completion of the process of the marriage. 

Any person can apply for court marriage in India, before deciding to get married people need to be sure of some points:

(i) Is your age complete?

For getting married legally in India, the bride and groom need to be at a definite age. The legal age for the bride is 18 years and on the other hand, the legal age for the groom is 21years. If a couple is fit in this category they can simply apply for their marriage in the court. According to the law, this is the definite age for both bride and groom to get married as this age is considered adult age by the law. 

(ii) Do you have the consent?

Before getting married the first thing a person needs to consider is getting consent, without consent there is no point of the court marriage. The consent from your family is also important as the notice for objection is also sent to your given address that is needed to be taken in consideration. There are many cases where there is no consent from the family's side in these cases the couple need to make sure the notice doesn't go to their family else they can point an objection. 

(iii) Do you have the documents?

For court marriage, the couple needs to have the proper documents. All the documents that prove your age, educational qualifications, address proofs are needed to be required by the couple to apply for court marriage. 

Couples who want to get court marriage needs to apply to the Marriage registrar office. The marriage registrar office is there in every state, this office operates marriage registration and court marriage procedure for the couples living in their state. 

(i) Marriage registration

Lead India Law Associates offer marriage registration, from Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. We have offered best services in Delhi for the marriage registration. Couples who want to get married and needs to register their marriage under a particular act can contact, Lila. The procedure

(ii) Court marriage

Court marriage is done with proper documentation and registration. We have a trusted and dedicated team to provide you with the marriage services. Contact Lila for the experienced marriage related advocates to get your procedure done without any hassles.