{"id":216596,"date":"2007-10-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-22T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/soney-titus-vs-the-sub-registrar-on-23-october-2007"},"modified":"2018-10-16T22:13:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T16:43:10","slug":"soney-titus-vs-the-sub-registrar-on-23-october-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/soney-titus-vs-the-sub-registrar-on-23-october-2007","title":{"rendered":"Soney Titus vs The Sub Registrar on 23 October, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Soney Titus vs The Sub Registrar on 23 October, 2007<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C) No. 22938 of 2007(E)\n\n\n1. SONEY TITUS, AGED 36 YEARS,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n2. BEENA SONEY, AGED 31 YEARS,\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. THE SUB REGISTRAR,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE STATE OF KERALA,\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.V.PHILIP MATHEW\n\n                For Respondent  :GOVERNMENT PLEADER\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice ANTONY DOMINIC\n\n Dated :23\/10\/2007\n\n O R D E R\n                   ANTONY DOMINIC, J.\n\n            = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =\n              W.P.(C) No. 22938 OF 2007 E\n            = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =\n\n           Dated this the 23rd October, 2007\n\n                    J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p>    The prayer in this writ petition is to permit the<\/p>\n<p>2nd petitioner to sign the marriage certificate as<\/p>\n<p>provided in Section 16 of the Special Marriage Act,<\/p>\n<p>1954 through her power of attorney and further to<\/p>\n<p>direct the respondents to issue marriage certificate on<\/p>\n<p>that basis.   A Division Bench of this Court has has<\/p>\n<p>already held in <a href=\"\/doc\/113374\/\">Deepak Krishna v. District Registrar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>{2007 (3) KLT 570} and <a href=\"\/doc\/40288546\/\">Vipin V. Rajan v. Sub Registrar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>{ILR 2007 (3) Kerala 452} that the notice period<\/p>\n<p>mentioned in Sections 15 and    16 cannot be dispensed<\/p>\n<p>with.\n<\/p>\n<p>    2. Now the prayer made by the petitioners is that<\/p>\n<p>on account of their pre-occupation abroad they cannot<\/p>\n<p>wait to sign the register as required under Section 16.<\/p>\n<p>If the prayer made by the petitioner is allowed, that<\/p>\n<p>is virtually permitting them to get over the rigor of<\/p>\n<p>Section 16 which  provides that after the notice period<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">W.P.(C) No. 22938 OF 2007            2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;the party&#8221; shall sign the marriage register.         Signing<\/p>\n<p>the    marriage       register is  not   a  matter  of   mere<\/p>\n<p>procedure, but is a solemn duty of the parties to the<\/p>\n<p>marriage.         For    this the parties  to  the   marriage<\/p>\n<p>themselves should be present and an agent cannot be<\/p>\n<p>permitted to sign the marriage register.        Therefore the<\/p>\n<p>prayer cannot be granted.        However, once signatures are<\/p>\n<p>put by the respective parties themselves, collection of<\/p>\n<p>certificates can be done by authorised agents and there<\/p>\n<p>should not be any impediment in that.           This, if the<\/p>\n<p>petitioners so desire, can be allowed on an appropriate<\/p>\n<p>application made to the marriage officer.<\/p>\n<p>          Writ petition fails and is disposed of.<\/p>\n<p>                                               ANTONY DOMINIC<br \/>\n                                                        JUDGE<br \/>\njan\/-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court Soney Titus vs The Sub Registrar on 23 October, 2007 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C) No. 22938 of 2007(E) 1. SONEY TITUS, AGED 36 YEARS, &#8230; Petitioner 2. BEENA SONEY, AGED 31 YEARS, Vs 1. THE SUB REGISTRAR, &#8230; Respondent 2. 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