New Delhi, Oct 15: The struggle of a woman to get a marriage certificate from
the authorities came to an end with the Delhi High Court directing the city
government to issue the document to her at the earliest.
Charanjeet Kaur Nagi, who was allegedly denied the marriage certificate by the
issuing authority as her husband Jaspal Singh is settled abroad and could not
appear before the competent officer, approached the Court in early July this
year.
Justice Ravinder Bhat, however, in a recent order directed Singh, based in the
United States, to fill the marriage registration form with the attestation of
the Counsel General available in the nearest town and send the form to the
Marriage Registrar.
He was also asked by the Court to give the detailed description of his passport
besides an attested copy of his photograph.
At the same time, the Court asked the petitioner to file an attested copy of her
and Singh’s passport along with the registration form before the Marriage
Registrar.
The Court further asked the woman to be present before the issuing officer along
with a witness at the time of getting the certificate as per the Hindu Marriage
Act.
According to the petitioner, their marriage took place at a Gurudwara here in
1991.
In 1996, Singh left for the US after he got a job there, she said, adding the US
authorities issued green card to her husband in 2004.She along with her minor
son have applied for visa with the US Embassy early this year as they were
planning to visit him.
The petitioner has alleged that the Sub-registrar refused to accept the
certificate issued by a Gurudwara which solemnised the marriage as per Sikh
rituals 17 years ago.
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