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Couples getting married under Special Marriage Act can now apply online via Aadhaar-based e-registration system

The Special Marriage Act, 1954, allows registration of marriages regardless of the faith of either party.

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Couples seeking to solemnize their union under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, may get a respite with the state government allowing an Aadhaar-based e-registration system through which they can serve notices online to the marriage registrars.

“This will do away with agents and middlemen in the process,” explained an officer from the department of registration and stamps. He said that couples who wanted to opt for ‘court marriages’ could now serve a notice online to the department through the website of the Inspector General of Registration and Stamps instead of visiting the marriage registration offices.

The Special Marriage Act, 1954, allows registration of marriages regardless of the faith of either party.

According to this Act, the couples have to serve a notice with the relevant documents to the Marriage Officer 30 days before the intended date of the marriage. However, while this process will be enabled online, the couple will have to visit the marriage officer for the solemnization of marriage.

“This will ensure that the couple has to visit the marriage office once instead of twice. The process will include biometric authentication. Once objections and queries are cleared, the notice will be accepted and the notice period will begin,” said an official. He added that in the old, manual system, people had to visit the marriage registration offices multiple times to serve the notice and were fleeced by agents and touts.

“Since the system will be UIDAI linked, it will prevent misuse,” the official stated.

Maharashtra sees over 25,000 marriages being registered under the Act.

The state has designated marriage officers in Mumbai city, the suburbs and in Pune with the sub-registrar offices doubling up as marriage offices elsewhere. “The move is intended to increase the number of registered marriages and reduce ostensible expenses on these functions,” the official said.

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