SC Directs States, UTs to Frame Rules for Registration of Sikh Marriages

SC Directs States, UTs to Frame Rules for Registration of Sikh Marriages

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta directed the States (and UTs) that are yet to frame such rules to ensure that marriages solemnised by 'Anand Karaj' are received for registration with immediate effect under the prevailing marriage registration framework without discrimination. India News | SC Directs States, UTs to Frame Rules for Registration of Sikh Marriages.

Sikh marriages: SC tells states to notify Anand Marriage Act rules

New Delhi:  The Supreme Court has directed all states and Union Territories (UTs) that have not yet notified rules under the Anand Marriage Act, 1909, to do so within four months, ensuring the time-bound implementation of the law that provides for the registration of Sikh marriages performed through Anand Karaj. In its order, a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta noted that while Parliament amended the Act in 2012 to enable state gov…