Legal Love Marriages in India:
There are many instances where I was surrounded by people who were in a relationship with each other. Whenever they were asked about what’s going to be their next step? They in no time respond that they will get married. India still has got to move a long distance in liberty of inter caste marriages and hence there is always a chance of negative suggestions put against the marriage agreement. In such scenarios the young couple does the marriage. But is that real? Is that even legal?
Doing a marriage ceremony does not makes it legal but definitely a legal proof that there was a sort of commitment made between the two. If you talk to someone regarding love marriage they in no time answer out arya samaj. Yes its one of the best ways of getting a legal marriage done.
If a couple consist of a Hindu boy and a Hindu girl then they can definitely approach Arya Samaj. It could also be done in cases where the party who is not hindu is ready to be converted in to hindu. The Arya Samaj will mot only be organising the marriage rituals but will also provide marriage registration certificate.
There are Laws Like Hindu Marriage Act, Muslim Marriage Act and Special Marriage Act 1954 which I had read and found interesting on (https://lawrato.com/indian-kanoon/family-law/marriage-between-a-hindu-boy-and-a-muslim-girl-575) and for Christian Marriage Act I read this beautifully detailed blog (https://lawrato.com/indian-kanoon/family-law/marriage-between-a-hindu-boy-and-a-muslim-girl-575).
But its not necessary to change your religion if you are doing it under special marriage act 1954.
The thing is that you need to contact a Lawyer who might charge you around Rs. 16k- Rs. 21k in India varying in cities and services. They are professionals and handle every crucial matter of your marriage in minutes. They will ask you for your ID certificates and few other information to be filled. There are steps in court marriages which are all taken care by your advocate. Just for you know:
- An application of ‘Notice of Intended Marriage’ in the specified form has to be submitted to the Marriage Registrar of the district where in at least one of the parties to the marriage has resided for a period of not less than 30 days immediately preceding the date of filing the application.
- Then the Registrar of Marriage publishes/puts-up the notice inviting objections, if any.
- The marriage may be solemnized unless it has been objected by any person within 30 days from the date on which notice of intended marriage has been published
- Both parties along with three witnesses are required to be present on the date of registration at the specified marriage office.
I found this video on internet and I found it to be very informative-
It takes at least one month for the process to be complete. And the point to be noted is at least one of them resides at the place for more than 30 days where they are filing the intend to marriage notice. Your advocate takes place of half of the worries you got regarding the publishing and put up of the notice to call for objections. Your advocate if good will take care of all the hurdles you might expect to come in your marriage way. A good advocate finds a way by hook or by crook for you to get legally married and for himself to get paid.
You can find many good lawyers and consult them for prices and duration of the task done. You can look on for google or just dial for local lawyers. Just an information that one of my friend found a female lawyer who helped him to get the marriage done.
