Kochi: Marriage under special marriage laws can be registered without insisting on the physical presence of the parties, the Kerala High Court said on Monday.
However, the challenge is the identification of the two parties by marriage officer and one of the options for it is the use of technology such as facial recognition or biometric, the court said.
Noting that the court does not have the expertise to overcome modalities for the use of technology for such things, the justice of the Muhamed Mugaque justice and Kauser Edappgath overcome it the Department of Information Technology and the Ministry of External Affairs as parties in this issue.
The bench directs the central government lawyer to find instructions on policies about facial recognition and other data tools for identifying the parties.
The court heard a collection of requests referred to by a judge about whether the marriage under the law can be resolved / registered online through video conferencing without insisting on the physical presence of the bride and groom.
Single Judge, Justice P Suresh Kumar, is a view that the parties for the intended marriage can certainly be allowed to consider them through the exchange of words through video conferencing.
However, he referred to this problem to a larger bench because two other judges from the court had decided that the wedding solemnization under the law through video conferencing would disburse the provisions of the physical actions and attendance of both parties were mandatory.
Looks agree with the view of Kumar justice and the satisfaction of the Petitioners, the bench on Monday said, “We do not hesitate to hold back that marriage below high school can be registered without insisting on the physical presence of marriage officers.
However, marriage officer must be in a position to identify the parties .
But the way in which identification can be made online is a problem for us.
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Online wedding can be registered under Special Marriage Law: HC
