Don’t burden court with marriage statuses: HC
Madurai: 26.12.2020
Directing the authorities to register the marriage of a man with a Sri Lankan citizen, Madras high court has observed that authorities are expected to apply their mind and pass orders according to statutes without burdening courts. A petition was filed by U Kalatheeswaran who sought to register his marriage under the Special Marriage Act 1954 with Parimala Devi, a Sri Lankan citizen who came to India on a tourist visa in 2018. The special government pleader submitted that according to section 7A of the Citizenship Act 1955, unless a person is not continuously living for two years in India, he/she cannot claim citizenship. Justice S Vaidyanathan observed that the preamble of the Special Marriage Act prescribes no condition that the spouse should be an Indian citizen and that he or she cannot marry a foreigner. TNN
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