Honorable Supreme Court of India's division bench has explained in their judgement dated 5th July 2016 that marriage certificate issued by the religious institutions like church, temple, karayogam , mahal committee etc. would not be bearing any legal validity.Foreign countries too would not accept these marriage certificates.So common marriage registration is compulsory. You should visit the local self government body's office where the marriage was conducted. My marriage was conducted at Ettumannur , Kottayam, two hours away from my home. I had to go there to register my marriage along with my wife. The marriage certificate was collected my my brother later.Had to go three days to get that done. Marriage registration takes place between 10 am and 3 pm at Gramapanchayath / Municipality / Corporation offices.The procedures would be different according to the difference between the date on which you are applying and your wedding day. Law demands you to register your marriag...
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