{"id":10921,"date":"2010-04-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/v-g-rajilal-vs-the-state-of-kerala-represented-on-9-april-2010"},"modified":"2016-11-17T13:49:11","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T08:19:11","slug":"v-g-rajilal-vs-the-state-of-kerala-represented-on-9-april-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/v-g-rajilal-vs-the-state-of-kerala-represented-on-9-april-2010","title":{"rendered":"V.G.Rajilal vs The State Of Kerala Represented on 9 April, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
V.G.Rajilal vs The State Of Kerala Represented on 9 April, 2010<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C).No. 11590 of 2010(R)\n\n\n1. V.G.RAJILAL, 40 YEARS,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. SHAJIMOL, 21 YEARS,\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.P.CHANDRASEKHAR\n\n                For Respondent  : No Appearance\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice K.M.JOSEPH\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice M.L.JOSEPH FRANCIS\n\n Dated :09\/04\/2010\n\n O R D E R\n                          K. M. JOSEPH &\n                 M.L. JOSEPH FRANCIS, JJ.\n              - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -\n                 W.P.(C).No. 11590 of 2010 R\n              - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -\n              Dated this the ... day of April, 2010\n\n                             JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
Joseph Francis, J.\n<\/p>\n
      This Writ Petition        under Articles 226 and 227 of the<\/p>\n
Constitution of India is filed with the following prayer:<\/p>\n
             ” to set aside the order dated 19.3.2010 of the<\/p>\n
       Family Court, Malappuram returning Ext.P1 filed<\/p>\n
       by the petitioners under Section 13 B of the Hindu<\/p>\n
       Marriage Act for non-production of Marriage<\/p>\n
       Certificate and direct the Family Court to receive<\/p>\n
       Ext.P1 on file and consider the same on merits.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
      2. Briefly the case of the petitioner is as follows. The<\/p>\n
petitioners belong to Thiyya Community and professing Hindu<\/p>\n
Religion. The marriage of the petitioners were solemnized on<\/p>\n
W.P.(C).No. 11590 of 2010<\/p>\n
                                     2<\/span><\/p>\n
31.10.2008 as per the customs prevalent among members of Thiyya<\/p>\n
community of Hindu Religion.          The petitioners have decided to<\/p>\n
dissolve their marriage mutually under Section 13B of the Hindu<\/p>\n
Marriage Act. Accordingly, the petitioners submitted a petition dated<\/p>\n
16.3.2010 before the Family Court, Malappuram for divorce on mutual<\/p>\n
consent under Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act. Along with the<\/p>\n
said petition, the petitioners also submitted a petition dated 16.3.2010<\/p>\n
to dispense with the stipulation of 6 months period from presentation<\/p>\n
of the petition under Section 13B of Hindu Marriage, for granting of<\/p>\n
mutual divorce.\n<\/p>\n
      3. It is submitted that the Family Court has returned Ext.P1<\/p>\n
petition stating that Registration of marriage is compulsory        after<\/p>\n
28.2.2008 and directed the petitioners to produce          the marriage<\/p>\n
registration certificate. Ext.P1 is the true copy of the petition dated<\/p>\n
16.3.2010 filed by the petitioners under Section 13B of the Hindu<\/p>\n
Marriage Act before the Family Court, Malappuram, along with the<\/p>\n
W.P.(C).No. 11590 of 2010<\/p>\n
                                     3<\/span><\/p>\n
order of Family Court, Malappuram dated 19.3.2010. Ext.P2 is true<\/p>\n
copy of the petition filed by the petitioners dated 16.3.2010 to dispense<\/p>\n
with the waiting period of 6 months. Aggrieved by the order of the<\/p>\n
Family Court the petitioners filed this Writ Petition.<\/p>\n
      4. We heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the<\/p>\n
learned Government Pleader.\n<\/p>\n
      5. The learned counsel for the petitioners raised the following<\/p>\n
contentions. The Family Court has no power or authority to return the<\/p>\n
petition under Section 13B filed by the husband and wife, whose<\/p>\n
marriage had been solemnized as per Hindu Customary law, stating<\/p>\n
that the marriage registration certificate was not produced when the<\/p>\n
petitioners filed the affidavit stating that they were married as per the<\/p>\n
Hindu Customary law and that their marriage had not been registered.<\/p>\n
The Kerala Registration of Marriages (Common) Rules, 2008 do not<\/p>\n
stipulate that the marriage should be registered as a condition precedent<\/p>\n
for making application under Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act.<\/p>\n
W.P.(C).No. 11590 of 2010<\/p>\n
                                   4<\/span><\/p>\n
      6. The petitioners are entitled to file affidavit to the effect that<\/p>\n
they were married as per Hindu Customary law in the absence of<\/p>\n
certified extract of Hindu Marriage Register. The marriage of the<\/p>\n
petitioners were complete and valid on solemnization of their marriage<\/p>\n
under the Hindu customary law and non-registration of the marriage<\/p>\n
of the petitioners will not make the marriage void and invalid.<\/p>\n
       7. There is no law or rule stipulating that the production of<\/p>\n
Marriage Certificate is compulsory to maintain a petition under Section<\/p>\n
13B of the Hindu Marriage Act. The returning of the petition filed by<\/p>\n
the petitioners for non-producing the marriage certificate is therefore<\/p>\n
without jurisdiction.\n<\/p>\n
       8. Learned counsel for the petitioners invited our attention to<\/p>\n
the decision reported in Anitha Marginic v. Annadurai (1992<\/p>\n
KLT 2 (Case No.2), in which it was held:\n<\/p>\n
W.P.(C).No. 11590 of 2010<\/p>\n
                                   5<\/span><\/p>\n
              “When the factum of marriage is disputed,<\/p>\n
        evidence regarding performance of           marriage<\/p>\n
        according to Hindu rites must be brought on record<\/p>\n
        to show that there had been a valid marriage. The<\/p>\n
        registration is not the sole proof of marriage in<\/p>\n
        order to become a valid marriage.”\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
      9. In the present case, the marriage between the petitioners is<\/p>\n
not disputed. Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 was<\/p>\n
inserted   by Act 78 of 1976 and provides for divorce by mutual<\/p>\n
consent. In order to attract the provisions of this section, the spouses<\/p>\n
should have been living separately for a period of one year or more and<\/p>\n
must not have been able to live together and have mutually agreed that<\/p>\n
the marriage should be dissolved. If all the three ingredients of<\/p>\n
Section 13B are proved by the parties, divorce cannot be refused. In<\/p>\n
order that they must not hastily applied for divorce by mutual consent<\/p>\n
it is provided in sub section (2) that the parties may withdraw the<\/p>\n
W.P.(C).No. 11590 of 2010<\/p>\n
                                    6<\/span><\/p>\n
petition. If the parties have not withdrawn the petition, the Court may<\/p>\n
after six months and before 16 months pass a decree of divorce.<\/p>\n
Before doing so, the Court must be satisfied after hearing the parties<\/p>\n
and after making such enquiry as it thinks fit that a marriage has been<\/p>\n
solemnized and that the averments in the petition are true.<\/p>\n
      10. In the decision reported in       Padmakiran Rao v. B.<\/p>\n
Venkateramana Rao (1996 (2) H.L.R. 271) it was held that ‘hearing’<\/p>\n
does not necessarily mean that both the parties have to be examined.<\/p>\n
The word ‘hearing’ is often used in a broad sense which need not<\/p>\n
always mean personal hearing. Where the husband             is living in<\/p>\n
U.S.A., evidence in the form of an affidavit on the husband’s side can<\/p>\n
be legitimately taken into account in view of Order 19 Rule 1 C.P.C.<\/p>\n
unless there are suspicious circumstances or any particular reason to<\/p>\n
think that the averments in the affidavit may not be true.<\/p>\n
      11.   Rule 4 of the Hindu Marriage        (Kerala)   Rules, 1963<\/p>\n
provides that every petition filed under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955<\/p>\n
W.P.(C).No. 11590 of 2010<\/p>\n
                                    7<\/span><\/p>\n
shall be accompanied by a certified extract from the Hindu Marriage<\/p>\n
Register maintained under Section 8 of the Act and in the absence of<\/p>\n
the same an affidavit to that effect that the petitioner was married to<\/p>\n
respondent.\n<\/p>\n
      12. Kerala Registration of Marriages (Common) Rules, 2008<\/p>\n
came into force on 29.2.2008. Rule 6 of that Rules provides that all<\/p>\n
marriages solemnized in the State after the commencement of the Rules<\/p>\n
shall be registered irrespective of religion of parties. Rule 15 of that<\/p>\n
Rules reads as follows.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
             Consequences of non-registration: After the<\/p>\n
       commencement of these Rules, the Government shall<\/p>\n
       not accept for any purpose, any certificate of marriage<\/p>\n
       issued by any authority other than those authorised<\/p>\n
       under these Rules or under any other statutory<\/p>\n
       provisions. However this provision is not applicable to<\/p>\n
W.P.(C).No. 11590 of 2010<\/p>\n
                                      8<\/span><\/p>\n
       the marriages solemnized before the commencement of<\/p>\n
       these Rules.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
      13. There is no stipulation either in the Hindu Marriage Act or<\/p>\n
the rules framed there under that the petitioners in a petition under<\/p>\n
Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act should compulsorily produce<\/p>\n
the Marriage Certificate. There is no such stipulation in the Kerala<\/p>\n
Registration of Marriages (Common) Rules, 2008 also. It is submitted<\/p>\n
that Rule 3 of the Hindu Marriage (Kerala) Rules, 1955 framed by this<\/p>\n
Court stipulates that every petition filed under Hindu Marriage Act<\/p>\n
shall be accompanied by a certified extract from the Hindu Marriage<\/p>\n
Register maintained under Section 8 of the Act and in the absence of<\/p>\n
the same, an affidavit to the effect that the petitioner was married to the<\/p>\n
respondent. The said Rule does not stipulate that the production of<\/p>\n
marriage certificate is compulsory. The petitioners have filed affidavit<\/p>\n
to the effect that they were married as per Hindu customary law and<\/p>\n
W.P.(C).No. 11590 of 2010<\/p>\n
                                     9<\/span><\/p>\n
that the marriage is not registered. As such the Court below has no<\/p>\n
jurisdiction to insist for the marriage registration certificate as a pre-<\/p>\n
condition for entertaining the petition filed by the petitioners.<\/p>\n
      14. Accordingly this Writ Petition is allowed. We set aside the<\/p>\n
order dt. 19.3.2010 of the Family Court, Malappuram returning Ext.P1<\/p>\n
filed by the petitioners under Section 13B of Hindu Marriage Act for<\/p>\n
non-production of the marriage certificate and direct the Family Court<\/p>\n
to receive Ext.P1 on file and consider the same on merits and in<\/p>\n
accordance with law.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                           (K. M. JOSEPH)
\n                                                 Judge<\/p>\n
                                    (M.L. JOSEPH FRANCIS)
\n                                                Judge
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Kerala High Court V.G.Rajilal vs The State Of Kerala Represented on 9 April, 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C).No. 11590 of 2010(R) 1. V.G.RAJILAL, 40 YEARS, … Petitioner 2. SHAJIMOL, 21 YEARS, Vs 1. 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