Formalities of marriage under Hindu marriage act be done outside India

699 votes

As if both the bride and groom are indians they wil be governed by the hindu marriage act and in case of court marriage the hindu marriage act will apply .as outside india marriage is not registered .i advice them to come india and get thier marriage registered here only

Advocate Namrata Chauhan LawRato

512 votes

Hello,
Sorry for the delayed response. Foreign marriage of Indian Nationals ( or between any two people out of which at least one of them is an Indian citizen) is governed by the provisions of Foreign Marriage Act 1969. In your case both the parties (assuming they both are Indian citizens) can solemnize their marriage in any foreign country before the " Marriage Officer" , who can either be a diplomatic officer or a consular officer. Diplomatic officers can be anybody from ambassadors , envoy, minister to high commissioners. The parties can also solemnize their marriage on their own as per their customary norms however it should not be against the local laws of the country and after which on the desire of the parties the marriage officer may also register the marriage. Once registered , the marriage shall be deemed to have solemnized under the Act. This shall ensure that all the formalities are met with and the marriage shall have legal sanctity in the country where it has been solemnized as well as even before the Indian Courts. So the parties need not compulsorily come down to India to get married.
Hope this resolves your query. For any further details feel free to contact me.

Advocate Ritagya Riti Singh LawRato