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Anand Marriage Bill introduced in Rajya Sabha

Posted on Tuesday, 8 May 2012 by Punjabi Articles



The government today brought before Parliament a Bill to amend the 103-year-old statute that hitherto allowed solemnisation of Sikh marriages but not their legal validation.

The Anand Marriage Amendment Bill:2012, introduced in the Rajya Sabha today by Law Minister Salman Khurshid, amends the Anand Marriage Act, 1909, by inserting a new Section enabling registration of marriages performed as per the Sikh rituals (Anand Karaj).

The amendment Bill defines the Sikh marriage ceremony as “Anand Karaj” instead of “Anand” as in the old law. Once passed by both Houses of Parliament, it will give the Sikhs the liberty to register their marriages separately and will exempt them from registering these under the Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths Act, 1969 (which the government plans to amend to provide for religion neutral registration of marriages across India).

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Anand Marriage Act -Centre begins consultations

Posted on Thursday, 1 December 2011 by Punjabi Articles


The Union Cabinet is set to consider the provision of independent registration of Sikh marriages under the Anand Marriage Act. Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid, talking to TNS, said his ministry had made two proposals following complaints by the Sikh community that the amendment to the Act in 2008 did not address their concerns.

The amendment in the Anand Marriage Act in 2008 allowed for a separate register to record Sikh marriages. However, there was criticism that the Anand Marriage Act continued to be part of the Hindu Marriage Act:1955 and should be made a separate Act.

Salman Khurshid said: “We have proposed a Central Act providing for registration of births, deaths and marriages. Under this, certificates submitted under the Anand Marriage Act could be registered. Alternatively, the provision for separate registration could be provided under the Anand Marriage Act itself.”

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Centre to reassess its stand on Anand Marriage Act issue

Posted on Wednesday, 14 September 2011 by Punjabi Articles


Amid hectic lobbying by the political tribe of Punjab, which is united in its demand for registration of Sikh marriages under the existing Anand Marriage Act, 1909, the Centre is working to reconsider its stand of entirely dropping the proposal.

Law Minister Salman Khursheed has called for a comprehensive report on the history of the Anand Marriage issue, including all representations ever made to the government on the matter and the legislative proposals submitted in this respect.

“I am trying to understand why for so long the issue kept coming up and dying down. I have asked my ministry to give me a comprehensive note on the matter, its history, the representations, draft Bill for the suggested amendment and related submissions. We will take it from there,” Khursheed told The Tribune.
He had yesterday assured the visiting former Punjab Chief Minister and Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president Amarinder Singh of positive movement in the matter. The PPCC in a press statement today said Khursheed had assured the visiting state Congress delegation that “necessary measures had been initiated and the process would be completed very soon.”

The minister had earlier extended similar assurances to Akali and Congress MPs who had met him over the issue, which has snowballed into a political controversy since The Tribune reported a fortnight ago that the Centre had decided to drop the amendment proposal.
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