{"id":197947,"date":"2000-12-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2000-12-17T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rajeev-vs-state-of-kerala-on-18-december-2000"},"modified":"2016-08-16T15:32:35","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T10:02:35","slug":"rajeev-vs-state-of-kerala-on-18-december-2000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rajeev-vs-state-of-kerala-on-18-december-2000","title":{"rendered":"Rajeev vs State Of Kerala on 18 December, 2000"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Rajeev vs State Of Kerala on 18 December, 2000<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: I (2001) DMC 562<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: R Bhaskaran<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: R Bhaskaran<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p> R. Bhaskaran, J.  <\/p>\n<p> 1. This Original Petition is filed for a direction to the second respondent to accept the original of Ext. P1 and take necessary action on it. Ext. P1 is an application for registering the marriage under the Special Marriage Act. The submission of the learned counsel for petitioner is that the Registrar of Marriages has informed the petitioner that since one of the parties to the marriage is not an Indian citizen, the marriage cannot be registered. When this Original Petition came up for hearing, the learned Government Pleader submitted that the marriage is not registered because Ext. P1 application is not properly filled up and if proper corrections are made in the application form, the marriage will be solemnised. Learned counsel for petitioner pointed out the decision reported in Marian Eva v. State of Himachal Pradesh (AIR 1993 Himachal Pradesh 7) which shows that even if one of the parties is not an Indian citizen, the marriage can be solemnized under the Special Marriage Act. The Act also does not contain any prohibition for solemnisation of the marriage, if one of the<br \/>\nparties is a foreigner. Therefore, this Original Petition is allowed and the second<br \/>\nrespondent is directed to solemnise the marriage under the Special Marriage Act provided the petitioner makes necessary corrections in the original of Ext. P1 and after the scrutiny of the same by the second respondent according to the Rules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Rajeev vs State Of Kerala on 18 December, 2000 Equivalent citations: I (2001) DMC 562 Author: R Bhaskaran Bench: R Bhaskaran JUDGMENT R. Bhaskaran, J. 1. This Original Petition is filed for a direction to the second respondent to accept the original of Ext. P1 and take necessary action on it. Ext. 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