Marriage is the beginning of a new era in the lives of two individuals and is known to possess a lifelong commitment between them. There are several ways of having the marriage done e.g, traditional, court marriage, and registered marriage.
It is a unique way of getting married and does not resemble others like traditional marriage. It requires the presence of a marriage officer and three witnesses only. Also, it does not require following any ritual, and all it takes is the couple who are interested in marrying each other irrespective of any caste or religion. Additionally, it is required to fulfill the rules and regulations of the special marriage act 1954 as without obeying this law any marriage process can not be said completed. When it comes to citizenship, there is also no bar as in between the couple, one can belong to any country but the other should remain intact with the Indian citizenship.
The registered marriage certificate is an official statement stating that the mentioned couples are married from now onwards. There are basically two acts related to marriage one is the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 and another one is the Special Marriage Act 1954. For both of these, the registered marriage certificate is a must-have.
In the year 2006, the supreme court made it vital to have this certificate. Also, having this certificate involves several benefits, like if you are opening a new bank account with a new surname after marriage or applying for a passport. If you are planning to go abroad there are certain embassies that demand a copy of this certificate on a compulsory basis.
There are several laws that are meant to be fulfilled and some important ones are summed up here.
First and foremost, the bride should be of a minimum age of 18 years old and the groom should be not less than 21 years old.
Both the parties i.e. couple should not belong to the unsound mind.
No previous spouse is allowed for both the parties i.e. either the couple should be divorced or not alive. If this condition is fulfilled then only the couple will be declared eligible for the marriage.
Consent should be sent by both parties.
The registered marriage certificate also constitutes several rules and regulations and some important ones are depicted below.
None of the parties should have a living spouse at the time of the wedding.
Both parties should not be suffering from any kind of mental disorder else the consent provided by them will not be taken into consideration.
The bride should be at least 18 years old and the groom should be at least 21 years old.
Neither of the parties should belong to the insane mindset else the both of them will not be considered for marriage.
So these were the differences between the court marriage laws and registered marriage laws, their laws and definitions have been covered above.
