New Delhi/Mysuru: Registration of marriages, irrespective of religion of the parties involved, will be made mandatory for all citizens across the country soon to check “marriage frauds,” mostly by NRI grooms. The Law Ministry proposes to amend the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 to provide for a countrywide legal framework to enforce compulsory registration of marriages. The move primarily seeks to safeguard Indian women from “marriage frauds” committed by Non-Resident Indian (NRI) grooms. “The decision to bring such an amendment was taken at an inter-Ministerial meeting recently. Law Ministry will send the amended bill to the (Union) Cabinet for approval soon,” official sources said. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi held the meeting.
Frauds galore
