{"id":12578,"date":"2011-08-02T16:05:06","date_gmt":"2011-08-02T10:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=12578"},"modified":"2011-08-02T16:05:06","modified_gmt":"2011-08-02T10:35:06","slug":"marriage-registration-to-be-made-mandatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/marriage-registration-to-be-made-mandatory","title":{"rendered":"Marriage registration to be made mandatory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Delhi-Chief-Minister-Sheila-Dikshit.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12579\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/marriage-registration-to-be-made-mandatory\/delhi-chief-minister-sheila-dikshit-3\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/Delhi-Chief-Minister-Sheila-Dikshit.jpg?fit=226%2C223&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"226,223\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Delhi-Chief-Minister-Sheila-Dikshit\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/Delhi-Chief-Minister-Sheila-Dikshit.jpg?fit=150%2C148&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/Delhi-Chief-Minister-Sheila-Dikshit.jpg?fit=226%2C223&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-12579\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Delhi-Chief-Minister-Sheila-Dikshit.jpg?resize=226%2C223&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/Delhi-Chief-Minister-Sheila-Dikshit.jpg?w=226&amp;ssl=1 226w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/Delhi-Chief-Minister-Sheila-Dikshit.jpg?resize=80%2C80&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/08\/Delhi-Chief-Minister-Sheila-Dikshit.jpg?resize=150%2C148&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a>The Delhi government has drafted a bill making it mandatory to register marriages.<\/p>\n<p>The Delhi cabinet Monday approved the Delhi Marriage Registration Bill in a meeting presided by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.According to a minister in the government, the decision has been taken in the wake of the Supreme Court direction to state governments to bring out a law to make registration of marriages compulsory.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThe government will send the bill for approval to the union ministry.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi government has drafted a bill making it mandatory to register marriages. 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