How to Cancel Marriage Registration? Is Marriage Certificate Cancellation Possible?

If the marriage was actually solemnised according to Section 7 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 it is legally valid even if the spouses never lived together; conversely mere registration or mere cohabitation does not of itself create a valid Hindu marriage -the Supreme Court has held that a certificate/registration without performance of the requisite rites is of no legal consequence (Dolly Rani v. Manish Kumar Chanchal, 2024) [https://indiankanoon.org/doc/48454477/] and earlier held that living together alone is not proof of a Hindu marriage (Santi Deb Berma v. Kanchan Prava Devi, 1990) [https://indiankanoon.org/doc/937017/]; see Section 7 and registration provisions of the Act [https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/17272'sam_handle=123456789%2F2517]. A marriage certificate cannot ordinarily be 'cancelled-by the local registrar except for demonstrable error or fraud; disputes about validity or removal of records must be decided by a civil court and, where appropriate, the court can declare a marriage null and void under Section 11 or grant annulment under Section 12 or a divorce under Section 13 (Kerala High Court and related authorities have so held; see e.g. Rajesh Rajan v. Chief Registrar and recent Kerala HC directions) [https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/5ac5e3914a93261a1a76a0fb] [https://www.verdictum.in/court-updates/high-courts/kerala-high-court/2025ker40760-1581635]. A woman may remarry without a divorce only if the earlier union is null ab initio (void under Section 11) in which case it is treated as never having existed; if the marriage is merely voidable she needs a decree of annulment under Section 12 or a divorce before remarrying, otherwise remarriage while a valid subsisting marriage exists may attract the bigamy provisions of the Act (Section 17) and the Penal Code. [https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/17272'sam_handle=123456789%2F2517]