SC notice on plea against public notice under Special Marriage Act

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice on a plea against the 30day public notice to furnish details of couples who intend to marry under the Special Marriage ActA bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde and also comprising Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian queried the petitioners counsel Kaleeswaram Raj Your plea is that this is a violation of their privacy But what if children elope to get married and parents need to be told about their whereabouts What if a spouse runs away How will the other spouse know where they areThe SupremeCourt on Wednesday issued notice on a plea against the 30day public notice to furnish details of couples who intend to marry under the SpecialMarriageAct pictwittercomxJHDys2WC7mdash IANS Tweets ians_india September 16 2020In response Raj said that the plea focused only on whether the information regarding the couple can be published The bench then asked why should they husband or father not come to know about it The counsel replied the inquiry by the officer is not the issueThe petition challenges certain provisions of the Act on the ground that these violate the Fundamental Rights of citizens under Articles 14 15 and 21 of the Constitution as the parties are required to publish their private details open for public scrutiny 30 days before the intended marriageThe PIL was moved by Keralabased law student Nandini Praveen who contended that the publication of personal details might often have a chilling effect on the right to marryThe petitioner claimed that couples are asked to waive the right to privacy to exercise the right to marry This infringes the rights of autonomy dignity and the right to marry of various couples said the PILPublishing details of notice of marriage by the Marriage Officers include the details of the parties like names date of birth age occupation parents names and details address pin code identity information and phone number etc This is a peculiar requirement of the Act added the pleaThe provisions also allow anyone to submit objections to the proposed marriage and empower the Marriage Officer to inquire into such objections the plea readThe plea urged the court to strike down Sections 62 7 8 and 10 of the Special Marriage Act as unconstitutional and illegalThe requirement of notice before marriage is absent in the Hindu Marriage Act and customary laws in Islam Therefore the said provision is also discriminatory and violative of Article 14 right to equality said the petitionerKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever