To get solemnized before the Marriage Officer/Registrar.
Number of times I have answered such questions regarding
inter-religious or inter-
caste marriages aart from getting them solemnized before the
Marriageofficer/registrar. !hen both arties belonging to different
religion the" can marr" inthe court without changing "our
individual religion. #ourt marriage as "ou call it issolemnized
under the $ecial Marriage %ct& '()* all such marriages can ta+e
lacebetween an" two Indian citizens as well one Indian citizen with
a foreignerirresective of their religion& caste or creed&
and "ou can sa" this is the secular formof marriage available in
our countr". $uch a marriage is solemnized before themarriage
officer/registrar usuall" ,.#. deut" commissioner of the area /$,M
whereboth or an" of the arties to such a marriage reside ermanentl"
or for at least onemonth. #ost of such a marriage as the rate
revalent in "our area. Now how "ouroceed oth the arties to the
marriage file a oint alication before the marriage
officer along with individual affidavit attested b" notar" ublic
secif"ing the age0bo"1'"rs 2girl '3"rs4& lace of residence&
marital status0unmarried or divorcee as thecase ma"be4& mental
status0not idiot or not with unfit mind4& not related to each
other.%long with this "ou have to give roof of age 0$chool
certificate& 5assort& 5an card4&roof of residence
05assort& ration card& voters I, card& rent
agreement4& 2 thealication of such a marriage should be
witnessed b" 6 indeendent adult ersons&affi7 one hotograh of
each of the arties 2 all the 6 witnesses. 8ou have madesuch an
alication/notice to the marriage officer in erson along with all
the 6witnesses. On receiving such an alication the marriage officer
issues a monthnotice regarding the intended marriage 2 get such a
notice affi7ed on the noticeboard out side his office& a co" of
such notice is sent to the marriage officer underwhose urisdiction
the other art" lives& also a co" is to the individual
artiesaddress. %fter e7ir" of the eriod of notice a date is fi7ed
on which all the ersonsarties to the marriage 2 6 witnesses aear
again before the marriage officer whodeclare them married 2 issue a
certificate to this regard. Incase of an" obectionsraised the
marriage officer will settle these obections. Now what can be
obectionsthat can be raised These can ON98 : R:;%R,IN; T#<
M%RI%;: 2 NOT
