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LOK SABHA
The National Human Rights Commission has requested the Government to make Registration of Hindu Marriages mandatory. The Minister of State for Law & Justice, Shri K. Venkatapathy told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply that the subject matter “marriage and divorce” falls under the Concurrent List of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution and therefore it is considered appropriate to allow the State Governments to bring in necessary changes if the conditions obtaining in the states allow such changes before any Parliamentary legislation could be considered. He said some of the State Governments have made laws for uniform registration of marriages. However, the national population policy, 2000 has set the target of compulsory registration of marriages by 2010.
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