Tamilnadu Marriage Registration - 9840787702
“In the four-point circular, the first permits the Aadhaar card as an additional identity proof for the couple, parents and witnesses; the second point says the names, initials and address of the parents given in the application should tally with the details contained in the accompanying documentary proof, and that registration should be done only upon such verification. The third point demands that the couple produce the original death certificate of any parents mentioned as deceased, and attach a photocopy.” Hence, a marriage cannot be registered unless the couple’s parents give their original identity and address proof documents. So far, three witnesses were sufficient for the law to recognize a marriage. Also, such an immense change in requirements has been brought in without any public discussion or debate, merely through an “internal circular”. This is another case of the state venturing into what is not its territory – the private lives of its citizens, at the cost of curt...