Marriage certificate mandatory for all official purposes in Meghalaya: Official
The Meghalaya government has made it mandatory to furnish marriage certificates by married couples for all official purposes, an official said today. The government has issued instructions to all government departments to ensure that individuals submit the certificates for all official purposes, Registration Department Under Secretary B Syiemlieh said in a letter to social activist Michael N Syiem. Here are more details.
Marriage registration would solve issues of increasing broken marriages: Activist
The social activist, who spearheaded a movement for compulsory registration of marriages, had written to Chief Minister earlier this year seeking immediate implementation of Meghalaya Compulsory Registration of Marriage Act, 2012 in view of the fact that Cabinet approval of rules had been accorded in 2015. He argued that compulsory registration of marriages would solve the issues of increasing number of broken families.
What was the activist's stand?
The activist said women in Meghalaya were often unceremoniously left by their husbands and there was no law to compel the latter to provide maintenance to the wives and children.
