Describing as a worrisome development the rising instances of fraudulent marriages between Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and Indian citizens, the Law Commission has really useful a complete regulation to deal with the state of affairs and obligatory registration of such alliances.
While presenting the report “Law on Matrimonial Issues Relating to NRIs and Overseas Citizens of India” to the regulation ministry, panel chairman Justice (Retired) Ritu Raj Awasthi stated the Commission is of the opinion that the proposed central laws needs to be complete sufficient to cater to all aspects involving marriages of NRIs in addition to international citizens of Indian origin with that of Indian citizens.
“The rising occurrence of fraudulent marriages involving Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) marrying Indian partners is a worrisome trend. Several reports highlight an increasing pattern where these marriages turn out to be deceptive, putting Indian spouses, especially women, in precarious situations,” Justice Awasthi stated in his overlaying letter to Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Thursday (February 15).
Such a laws, the panel stated, needs to be made relevant not solely to the NRIs but in addition to these people who come throughout the definition of ‘Overseas Citizens of India’ (OCIs) as laid down within the Citizenship Act, 1955.
“It is further recommended that all marriages between the NRIs/OCIs and Indian citizens should be made compulsorily registered in India,” Justice Awasthi stated.
What Justice (Retired) Ritu Raj Awasthi stated on NRIs marriages with Indian citizens?
He stated the great central laws also needs to embrace provisions on divorce, upkeep of partner, custody and upkeep of youngsters, serving of summons, warrants, or judicial paperwork on the NRIs and OCIs.
“Further, it is recommended that requisite amendments need to be introduced in the Passports Act, 1967 in order to mandate the declaration of marital status, the linking of a spouse’s passport with the other and mentioning of the marriage registration number on the passports of both the spouses,” he advised the federal government.
The fee recalled that so as to deal with the rising state of affairs, the Registration of Marriage of Non-Resident Indians Bill, 2019, was launched within the Rajya Sabha on February 11, 2019. Initially, the sixteenth (earlier) Lok Sabha referred the invoice to the Committee on External Affairs. Subsequently, the identical invoice was once more referred to the Committee on External Affairs after the seventeenth (current) Lok Sabha was constituted, for additional examination.
As deliberations continued, the Law Commission acquired a reference on the NRI Bill, 2019 from the Ministry of External Affairs, conveyed by way of the Law Ministry in April final.
(With companies inputs)Â
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