Marriage certificate must for women to protect their rights – Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Lack of awareness among women about the requirement for a marriage certificate can lead to several social and legal problems for them in future. This is a must for women to claim their rights. Non-registration could work to their disadvantage vis-a-vis illegal marriages, child marriages, bigamy/polygamy, deceit in marriages, crime against women in case of NRI marriages, difficulty to prove the factum of marriages. This was explained by officials from the Women Development and Child Welfare Department, Hyderabad. Lakhs of marriages were held during the two-year-long situations of frequent lockdown in 2020 and 2021. But, several of these newly-wed have not registered their marriage. As per the Telangana Registration Marriage office, a total of 3,829 marriages were registered in 2020, 5,704 in 2021 and 1,894 till 23 April, 2022 in the southern zone of Hyderabad. “Even the elite and educated women are not aware about the importance of having a marriage certificate and the difficulties they would face if they decide in future to part ways with their partner and claim their alimony,” said chairperson, FICCI, FLO chapter Hyderabad, Shubraa Maheshwari. She said, earlier, she too had felt that the process of registering a marriage was straining and time-consuming.…
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