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Laws on Registration of Marriage and Divorce
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The subject has been taken up suo motu in the light of the directions of the Supreme Court dated 14.2.2006 in Seema v. Ashwani Kumar [2006 (2) SCC 578] that all marriages shall be compulsorily registered and that the State Governments shall initiate action for rule-making in this regard. There is a great diversity in respect of laws for registration of marriages.