Hindu Marriage Is Valid Even Without Registration Certificate: Allahabad HC

HINDU marriage does not stand invalid in the absence of a registration certificate, the Allahabad High Court has said in a significant verdict.

- NAMITA BAJPAI @ Lucknow

The court held that the trial courts could not insist on the submission of a marriage certificate in a mutual divorce proceeding under the Hindu Marriage Act 1955, especially when the marriage was not registered but its existence was admitted by both the parties concerned.

A single judge bench of Justice Manish Kumar Nigam set aside the Azamgarh family court's order by rejecting a plea to waive the requirement of filing the marriage certificate.