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Saturday, October 20

Going for Court marriage...wondering??




Here are the informations:-
SDMs/ADMs/Deputy Commissioners have been authorised as Marriage Officers for this purpose.

Where to approach:

Office of Sub-Divisional Magistrate in whose jurisdiction any of the husband or wife resides, during 9.30 a.m. to 1.00 Noon on any working day.

Papers/documents and fees (needed):-
- Application form duly filled and signed by the bride and the groom.
- Fee of Rs.15/- is to be deposited with cashier. Receipt should be attached with the form.
- Documentary evidence of date of birth of both parties Matriculation Certificate/ Passport
/Birth Certificate).
- Documentary evidence regarding stay in Delhi of one of the parties for more than 30 day
(ration card or report from the concerned SHO).
- Separate affidavits from bride and groom giving:

1. Date of birth.
2. Present marital status: unmarried/widower/ divorcee.
3. Affirmation that the parties are not related to each other within the degree of
prohibited relationship defined in the Special Marriage Act.
- Passport size photographs of both parties (2 copies each) duly attested by a Gazetted
Officer.
- Copy of divorce decree/order in case of a divorcee and death certificate of spouse in case of
widow/widower.

Please Note:

- Presence of both the parties is required at at time of marriage

- A copy of the notice is pasted on the office notice board by the SDM.

- Any person may within 30 days of issue of notice , file objection to the intended marriages.
- In such a case, the SDM shall not solemnise the marriage until he has decided the objection,
within 30 days of its receipt.
- If the SDM refuses to solemnise the marriage, any of the parties may file an appeal
within 30 days to the District Court.
- In case no objection is received, the SDM solemnises the marriage after 30 days of the notice.

- Both parties alongwith 3 witnesses are required to be present on the date of solemnisation of
marriage.

- Form you may get from concerned SDM


You should be getting a response normally within 60 days.



How to get your marriage registered ???


Required papers/documents:
- Application form duly signed by both husband and wife.
- Documentary evidence of date of birth of parties (Matriculation Certificate / Passport / Birth
Certificate)
- Ration card of husband or wife (any one) whose area SDM has been approached for the
certificate.
- Affidavit by both the parties stating place and date of marriage, date of birth, marital status at
the time of marriage and nationality.
- Two passport size photographs of both the parties and one marriage photograph.
- Marriage invitation card, if available.
- If marriage was solemnized in a religious place, a certificate from the priest is required who
solemnized the marriage.
Affirmation that the parties are not related to each other within the prohibited degree of
relationship as per Hindu Marriage Act or Special Marriage Act as the case may be.
- Attested copy of divorce decree/order in case of a divorcee and death certificate of spouse in
case of widow/widower.
In case one of the parties belong to other than Hindu, Budhist, Jain and Sikh religions, a
conversion certificate from the priest who solemnized the marriage(in case of Hindu Marriage
Act).

All documents should be attested by a Gazetted Officer.

Fees: Rs. 100/- in case of Hindu Marriage Act and Rs.150/- in case of Special Marriage Act to be deposited with the cashier of District and the receipt should be attached with the application form.
In case of marriage under Hindu Marriage Act verification of all the documents is carried out on the date of application and a day is fixed and communicated to the parties for registration. On the said day, both parties, along with a Gazetted Officer who attended their marriage, need to be present before the SDM. The Certificate is issued on the same day.

You should be getting a response normally within 15 days in case of registration of marriage under Hindu Marriage Act.