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Govt to bring special marriage act for Sikhs

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Posted online: Monday , March 10, 2008 at 03:27:12


New Delhi, March 10: Government is planning to bring in a special marriage act for the Sikhs, a long standing demand of the community.

This was stated by Law and Justice Minister H R Bhardwaj in the Rajya Sabha on Monday.

He said the Government has taken note of demands in this regard from various Sikh organisations and "there should not be a problem" in introducing such an act.

"We will bring it soon," he said replying to supplementaries. To a separate question, he said the Government has no plans to make registration of Hindu marriages compulsory under the law.

He said the Supreme Court had directed that marriage of all persons should be registered compulsorily in their respective states and the "matter is being carefully examined in its full ramifications."

Bhardwaj added that the Centre is studying the matter and would not like to rush things as it was an important issue.

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Anachy by drmadhani on 12 Mar 2008

India is a zoo. Moslems have their jihadi laws-sikhs have their hairy-head laws and all states have their own laws. In an anarchy lawlwess laws are minted every second. Who elects

eh ? what ...? by vishal on 11 Mar 2008

Half hearted reporting this. What are the priovision of this act ? Who wants it ? Who opposes it ? What would it mean in the larger social context ? This is worse than high school journalism

all by Anup Kumar on 11 Mar 2008

Stated everything in the article except the heart of the news! What is the so called "special marriage act?"....

registration of marriage by N.K.Vaidya, I.A.S.(retd.) on 10 Mar 2008

Judiciary, executive,or legislature should not exceed their limits.

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