Legal Question in Family Law in India

Re: Court marriage

The boy should be 21yaers and the grl 18 years.

Re: Court marriage

There is no such thing as "court marriage". However, you can opt for a registered marriage, which is solemnised under the Special Marriage Act. For this, the preconditions are:

Neither of you should have a living spouse

Both of you should be of sound mind.

Neither of you should suffer from recurrent attacks of insanity or epilepsy.

The man must be at least 21 years old and the woman 18.

You should not be closely related. However, if any one of the parties' custom permits marriage between close relations, then this condition will not apply.

Generally, every State Government has an appointed �marriage officers� who are in charge of registering marriages under the Special Marriage Act. More often than not, the local Sub-Registrar (who is in charge of registering the sale of immoveable properties, wills etc.) has the power to act as a marriage officer. It is always advisable to approach him directly and ask him about the process . (Beware of touts who hang outside the Sub-Registrar's office who promise to help you and get things done fast). Generally, you may have to produce documents which prove that

you are above the minimum age prescribed (for e.g. Your matriculation certificate, your birth certificate - etc.)

you live in the area over which the marriage officer has authority. (Ration card, telephone bill, LIC policy etc.)

Both of you will have to give a marriage notice to the marriage officer, at least thirty days before you marry. This notice is to be given in the form prescribed. The marriage officer can only register your marriage if he does not get any objections to your marriage from anyone. Once the period of one month has expired, and no objections have been received, both of you will have to appear before the marriage officer (within three months of the date of giving notice) and sign certain declarations. Make sure that you take along three witnesses, who will countersign the declarations. Once the form is presented to the Marriage Officer, he will make you take the marriage oath and declare you married.