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A worthwhile proposal
In 2006, the Supreme Court held that marriages of all Indian citizens should be compulsorily registered and asked the Centre and State governments to take the necessary steps to implement its direction (Seema vs Ashwini Kumar). The Law Commission’s 211st report, which recommends the enactment of a Marriage and Divorce Act, aims to consolidate and reform the existing laws on registering the same. Family matters are under the concurrent list of the Constitution and the diversity in legislation on the registration of marriages and divorces has been a source of confusion. A unified nationwide law will bring the administrative machinery for registering these under one system. At the same time, it will also help to check child marriages, bigamous and polygamous relationships, and strengthen the hands of women to enforce their rights — for example, their inheritance rights and their right to live in the house of their in-laws. more
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