Special Marriage Act -High Court issues directions to the authorities to take steps to modify the format in the 'PEARL software' in accordance with the format prescribed under the Act

🔵 Special Marriage Act - Certificate of marriage celebrated in other forms - Prescribed format of marriage certificate under the Fifth Schedule of the Act mandates inclusion of original date of celebration of marriage in certificates issued under S.15, and authorities cannot deny this statutory requirement

🔵 Special Marriage Act – Certificate of marriage celebrated in other forms – High Court issues directions to the authorities to take steps to modify the format in the 'PEARL software' in accordance with the format prescribed under the Act, so as to enable all applicants to obtain certificates that include the original date of celebration of the marriage

🔵 Special Marriage Act - Authorities cannot refuse to include statutorily required information in marriage certificates on the ground that their software system (PEARL) does not permit such inclusion or modification

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