Know about the Court Marriage Procedures in India in 6 Simple Steps

As per the special marriage act of the 1954, the marriage can be solemnized between an Indian male and female of any caste, creed, nationality and religion.  Procures of the court marriage in six simple steps, under the special marriage act of 1954, are discussed in this article. The court marriage can be broadly classified into 6 steps for easy understanding.

Eligibility criteria of the marriage solemnized through court marriage is that to give consent, both the parties should be competent. Female should be more than 18 years and male should be more than 21 for getting their marriage solemnized under the special marriage act of the 1954. Important conditions for getting the marriage solemnized that both the parties should not be unfit for procreation of children and marriage.

First step for marriage solemnization is submission of notice/application of intended marriage at the marriage registrar office where at least one of the parties has stayed for more than 30 day prior to the submission of the marriage application form. The application of intended marriage should be submitted in precise format as Schedule II.

Once the application of the intended marriage is submitted, the marriage registrar office publishes the marriage application form. One copy of the marriage application form is published at the marriage registrar office and one copy is published at the marriage registrar office where any one of the parties permanently stays.

Third procedures of the court marriage are objection to the marriage solemnization. The objection if any should be raised at the marriage officer of the concerned district on different ground of objection that are specified in chapter ii and section 4 of the special marriage act, 1954.  Marriage registrar officers inquire about the objection within the filling of the marriage application form. If the objection is found to be true then the marriage cannot be solemnized under the special marriage act, 1954.

Declarations by both the parties are considered to be fourth step of the Court Marriage Procedure in Delhi.  Witness and both the parties in presence of the marriage registrar office should sign the declaration that is counter signed by the marriage registrar officer. The content and formation of the declaration is specified under the schedule of the special marriage act of 1954.

Fifth step of the court marriage procedures is choosing a place and form of marriage either at the marriage registrar office or at a reasonable distance from the marriage registrar office.  The sixth step of the court marriage procedures is Court Marriage Registration in Delhi.