Does notice go home in court marriage verification

993 votes

Normally no notices are sent at the residence of the parties. Also no photographs are pasted on the notice board even if it is rejected. And the marriage registration are done at the civil registrar and only urgent marriage and foreign marriage are done in court

Advocate Siddesh Gurudas Goltekar LawRato

629 votes

Parties (bride and groom) need to submit a notice in writing, in the form specified in the second schedule to the Marriage Officer of the district, in which at least one of the parties to the marriage has resided for a period of not less than 30 days immediately preceding the date on which such notice is given. The notice shall accompany a joint affidavit by the parties in prescribed format to the office of the Marriage Officer.
After receiving the duly filled application from the parties, the Marriage Officer will issue a notice (with a copy on notice board) for claims and objections to the Marriage Officers of home districts of both the bride and groom, returnable within one month.
Marriage Officers of home districts publicice widely for information of all concerned like parents, relatives etc., so that they can file claims and objections, if any, to the Marriage Officer of concerned home district.
If no claims and objections are received within the stipulated period of one month from Marriage Officers of home districts, the marriage is solemnized and registered in the court of Marriage Officer, in presence of 3 (three) witnesses under Special Marriage Act, 1954.

Normally they paste the notice on the notice board of the Marriage Officer's Office

Advocate Prashant Agrawal LawRato