A sub-divisional magistrate has prima facie committed contempt of court by sending notices to a couple who sought to marry under the Speci...
A sub-divisional magistrate has prima facie committed contempt of court by sending notices to a couple who sought to marry under the Special Marriage Act, the Delhi High Court has observed, Live Law reported on Thursday.
In his judgement on August 10, Justice Najmi Waziri cited a 2009 order by the Delhi High Court directing marriage officers not to send such notices to the homes of Special Marriage Act applicants. The law provides for interfaith couples to get married.
Waziri said the 2009 order observed that sending such notices could jeopardise the applicants’ intentions of getting married and become a cause for “threat to their lives or limb” due to interference from their parents.
He issued a contempt notice against the sub-divisional magistrate and asked him to respond within two weeks. The matter will next be heard on September 8.
In this case, the Muslim woman and her Hindu partner decided to get married last year and applied for registration of their marriage. However, the sub-divisional magistrate sent a notice to the couple’s homes informing their families about their intention to get married.
The woman’s father and brother then detained her against her will, The Indian Express reported.
Her partner filed a habeas corpus petition before the High Court. The court counselled the woman’s family but she...
