SHILLONG: The Meghalaya government has made it mandatory for married persons to produce wedding certificates to apply for jobs or licences. "All departments of the government have been instructed to insist on a certificate whenever an applicant for a job or licence has indicated his or her marital status. Non-compliance of this instruction shall be deemed to be violation of a Supreme Court order," an official notification issued here said.
"Since registration of marriages has already been made compulsory in the state of Meghalaya, problems relating to maintenance can be dealt with under the extant provisions of both the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Code of Civil Procedure," the note specified.
The Supreme Court had on February 14, 2006 passed a judgment in Transfer Petition case No. 291 of 2005 in Seema versus Ashwani Kumar, directing all states of the Indian Union and the Centre that the procedure for compulsory registration of marriages should be notified by respective states within three months of the verdict by amending the existing rules, if any, or by framing new rules.
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