Court Marriage in Mayur Vihar, Delhi (2026): Delhi or Noida Registration, Society Flats and Working Couples

Quick answer: Mayur Vihar, with Phases 1, 2 and 3, Patparganj, Mandawali, Trilokpuri, Kalyanpuri, Khichripur, Chilla and New Ashok Nagar, sits on Delhi's eastern edge, minutes from Noida across the Chilla and DND crossings. Under Delhi's 2026 revenue map these areas are in the East district, whose sub-divisions are Patparganj, Gandhi Nagar and Vishwas Nagar; most Mayur Vihar and Patparganj addresses are expected to be allotted to Patparganj. Two Hindus, Sikhs, Jains or Buddhists can have an Arya Samaj wedding and register it under the Hindu Marriage Act. Couples of different religions who do not want to convert use the Special Marriage Act, with a 30-day notice and 30 days' residence in the district. Couples where one partner lives in Noida or Ghaziabad must decide whether to register in Delhi or Uttar Pradesh: one registration is enough, and it is valid everywhere in India. Society-flat residents, working couples planning leave, and families in the resettlement colonies each have points to watch, covered below. Registration of an existing marriage: ₹6,000.

Last reviewed: 22 September 2026 · 37 min read

Mayur Vihar was built for people who wanted a flat of their own. From the late 1970s, cooperative group housing societies rose along the eastern bank of the Yamuna, filling with central government employees, bank officers, teachers, journalists, engineers and small business families, many of them from eastern and north-eastern India. Phase 1, Phase 2 and Phase 3 each have their own character, and around them lie older villages and the resettlement colonies of Trilokpuri, Kalyanpuri and Khichripur, where families moved in the 1970s and built their lives.

Today the area's defining fact is the border. Noida begins a few minutes away across the Chilla crossing, and the DND leads to Sector 15 and beyond. Thousands of Mayur Vihar residents work in Noida's offices, and thousands of Noida residents work in Delhi. Couples meet at work, at university, on the metro. He lives in Mayur Vihar Phase 1, she lives in Noida Sector 62; they work opposite hours; both families are in other states. When they decide to marry, their questions are about jurisdiction and time: which government will register us, how many days do we need off work, and what will the office ask for afterwards? This guide answers them.

For the general Delhi process, see the complete Delhi court marriage guide. Nearby area guides: Preet Vihar, Shakarpur, Gandhi Nagar and Vivek Vihar.

Mayur Vihar at a Glance

Mayur Vihar Under the 2026 Revenue Map

From 1 January 2026, Delhi's revenue administration was reorganised into 13 districts and 39 sub-divisions. The East district now has three sub-divisions: Patparganj, Gandhi Nagar and Vishwas Nagar. Mayur Vihar's phases, Patparganj, Mandawali and the nearby colonies are expected to fall under the Patparganj sub-division, while addresses towards Krishna Nagar or Shahdara may be allotted elsewhere. The e-District portal decides by address. Certificates issued before 2026 remain valid.

Which Office Registers Your Marriage?

Apply on the Delhi e-District portal; the system allots the office by the address you enter. For Hindu Marriage Act registration, the office can be where the marriage was performed or where either spouse lives. For the Special Marriage Act, notice goes to the Marriage Officer of the district where at least one of you has lived for the past 30 days. Your appointment slip names the office; go there, and take your witnesses.

The Legal Routes

Government fees are extra at actual cost, and Tatkal, where available, adds ₹10,000. Full list: fees.

Delhi or Noida: Where Should You Register?

This is the question we are asked most often from this part of Delhi. A marriage needs to be registered only once, and the certificate is valid across India. The choice is practical, not legal loyalty.

Points that usually decide it: where you can both attend the appointment with your witnesses; whose documents already show the right address; and whether you plan to move soon. Never register twice, in two states, for the same marriage; one record is what you want, and two can create confusion later.

If Your Partner Lives in Uttar Pradesh

• UP registration is done online under the Uttar Pradesh Marriage Registration Rules, 2017, through the Stamp and Registration Department's portal, followed by a visit to the registration office with witnesses.
• Special Marriage Act notice in UP: in Safiya Sultana (2021), the Allahabad High Court held that publication of the notice is optional in UP, at the couple's request. Delhi follows the Act's usual notice procedure. For a couple worried about publicity, that difference sometimes matters, but the residence requirement still decides where notice can be given.
• Conversion: the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 requires declarations to the District Magistrate and punishes conversion by force, fraud or for marriage alone. An interfaith couple who marry under the Special Marriage Act, without conversion, avoid the question altogether.
• Address updates: after the marriage, update Aadhaar, bank and employer records to one address, so future documents match.

Address Proof in Society Flats

Mayur Vihar is a landscape of cooperative group housing societies, DDA flats and newer apartment blocks. Proving residence is usually easy, but there are a few local wrinkles.

Write the address exactly as in your documents, including the flat number, pocket, phase and society name. Small differences between "Pocket B", "Pkt-B" and "Block B" cause avoidable questions at the counter.

Rented Flats and Company Accommodation

Many young professionals here rent a flat with friends, or live in accommodation arranged by an employer or an institution. For them:

• get a written rent agreement, and complete police tenant verification, which is required anyway and helps at the counter;
• if the employer provides the flat, an allotment or accommodation letter on the company's letterhead, with an affidavit, usually works;
• update Aadhaar to the Delhi address if you plan to use the Special Marriage Act, since 30 days' genuine residence in the district is needed before notice;
• a paying-guest arrangement with no paper at all is the weakest position: get something in writing before you apply.

Working Couples: Planning the Dates

Most couples here are in jobs with fixed leave and notice periods, and many work in Noida with long commutes. The legal steps do not take much time in themselves; the planning is what saves leave.

A Hindu couple can therefore manage with roughly one day for the wedding and one half-day for the appointment. A Special Marriage Act couple needs two half-days a month apart, plus the 30 days' residence before the notice. Book your witnesses early: the most common cause of a postponed appointment is a witness who cannot get leave.

Leave, Transfers and Postings

• Marriage leave: many private employers give a few days; government employees have their own rules. Apply early, and keep the wedding invitation or certificate for the file.
• Transfers and postings: government employees and bank officers can seek spouse-posting consideration in many services once the marriage is on record. A registered marriage is normally required.
• Notice periods and relocation: if one of you is moving city or abroad, get the registration done before the move; both spouses must attend the appointment.
• Shift work: for couples in media, hospitals, aviation and BPOs, we schedule the wedding and appointments around rosters, including early mornings on off days.

Two Cities, One Marriage: A Practical Plan

A Delhi–Noida couple juggles two states, two sets of offices and two employers. Here is the plan we use most often, and why each step is in that order.

1. Week 1 – documents. Both partners photograph every document: age proof, ID, address proof, any divorce decree or death certificate. We check them the same evening and tell you which one thing needs fixing, because there is almost always one.
2. Week 1 – decide the state. Delhi or Uttar Pradesh. The test is simple: where can both of you, with two or three witnesses, reach an office on a working day without losing a whole day's pay, and whose address proof is already correct?
3. Week 2 – fix the weak document. Update an Aadhaar address, get a rent agreement and tenant verification, or obtain a duplicate Class 10 certificate. This is the step couples skip and then regret.
4. Week 2 – affidavits. Prepared from your documents, sworn before a notary; both of you must sign.
5. Week 3 – the wedding or the notice. For a Hindu couple, the Arya Samaj wedding, with two witnesses. For an interfaith couple, the Special Marriage Act notice, which starts the 30-day clock.
6. Week 3 – file online and take the first appointment that both of you and your witnesses can attend.
7. Appointment day. Originals, photocopies, witnesses, and time to spare. Morning slots move faster.
8. The week after. Certificate checked, digital copies saved, HR and insurance updated, nominations changed, Aadhaar and passport addresses aligned.

Couples who follow this order usually spend one day and one half-day of leave, and never make a second trip for a missing paper.

Office Records After Marriage

Once you have the certificate, a short list of updates saves trouble later:

• HR records: marital status, spouse's name and date of birth.
• Insurance: add the spouse to group medical cover, usually within a set number of days after the marriage; check your policy's window.
• EPF and gratuity nominations: update the nominee; a nomination made before marriage in favour of a parent may be affected by the marriage under the applicable rules.
• Bank and demat: nominations and joint accounts.
• PAN, Aadhaar, passport and voter ID: address or surname changes, where the wife chooses to change her name.
• Company housing, visa letters and travel: many employers ask for the certificate before issuing family or dependant letters.

A woman is not required to change her surname. If she does, keep one consistent set of records and use the certificate, plus a gazette notification where asked.

Arya Samaj Wedding + Registration

For two Hindus, including Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists, the quickest complete route is an Arya Samaj wedding followed by Hindu Marriage Act registration. The Vedic ceremony with havan, pheras and saptapadi takes about an hour and the mandir certificate is issued the same day; the government certificate follows registration on e-District. Our combined fee is ₹7,100. The Supreme Court held in Dolly Rani (2024) that a Hindu marriage requires the essential ceremonies, so a certificate without a ceremony is not a marriage. See our Arya Samaj marriage page.

Registering a Wedding Already Held

Many couples here married in their home towns, in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam, Odisha, Jharkhand or elsewhere, and came to Delhi for work without registering. The marriage is valid; the certificate is what is missing. To register in Delhi on your Delhi residence, bring:

• the wedding card, photographs or video of the ceremony;
• a certificate from the priest or temple, if available;
• age proof, ID and address proof for both;
• affidavits with the date and place of the wedding;
• two witnesses who attended or have long known you as married.

Our fee for registering an existing marriage is ₹6,000. If the wedding was in another state and you have no Delhi proof, registering in that state is often simpler. See our marriage registration service.

Special Marriage Act, Step by Step

1. Residence: at least one of you must have lived in the district for 30 days before the notice. For a Delhi–Noida couple, that usually means the Delhi partner's address.
2. Notice: filed online with age proof, ID, address proof and photographs.
3. 30 days: the notice is displayed. Objections are allowed only on legal grounds: age, an existing spouse, unsoundness of mind, prohibited relationship. Family disapproval is not a ground.
4. Solemnisation: both of you appear with three witnesses, sign the declarations before the Marriage Officer, and the certificate is issued.

Remember the property effect: where a Hindu, Sikh, Jain or Buddhist marries a person of another religion under this Act, section 19 severs the Hindu partner from the undivided family and section 21 applies the Indian Succession Act; where both are Hindus, section 21A excludes those effects. Couples with family property should discuss this and consider wills. See the SMA vs HMA guide and our inter-religion marriage service.

Families From Eastern India

Mayur Vihar's societies have long been home to families from West Bengal, Assam, Odisha, Bihar and the North East, who came with government and public-sector jobs and stayed. Their weddings follow their own customs, and Indian law accommodates all of them.

• A Hindu marriage is valid when performed with the customary rites of either party. A Bengali wedding with the saat paak, subho drishti, mala badal and sindoor daan, an Odia wedding with hasta gantha and saptapadi, an Assamese biya with its khaarul and other rites, are all valid Hindu marriages and can be registered under the Hindu Marriage Act.
• Where a family's custom does not include saptapadi, the marriage is still valid if performed according to that community's own customary rites; the registrar may ask what ceremony was performed, so be ready to explain it, with photographs.
• Couples who marry in the home state and then live in Delhi can register in either place, once.
• Christian families from Kerala, the North East and elsewhere marry under the Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872, in church; the Delhi certificate can be obtained by registering the marriage with the Delhi government as well.
• For couples from two different regions, a short Arya Samaj wedding is sometimes chosen as neutral ground, with each family's ceremonies celebrated separately.

Trilokpuri, Kalyanpuri and Khichripur

Next to the societies lie resettlement colonies laid out in the 1970s, where families were allotted small plots and built houses floor by floor. Three generations may now share one narrow building, with the papers in a grandfather's name. For marriage registration this raises no difficulty:

• residence is proved by Aadhaar, voter ID, a ration card or a bill, not by ownership documents;
• if the bill is in an elder's name, a ration card or family ID showing the relationship, or an affidavit, links you to it;
• plot papers, allotment slips or a court dispute over the property do not affect your right to marry or to register.

Many couples from these colonies marry within the neighbourhood, and inter-caste marriages are common. The law protects them, and the Dr. Ambedkar inter-caste marriage scheme may apply where one spouse is from a Scheduled Caste and the marriage is registered under the Hindu Marriage Act; check the current conditions before applying.

Inter-Caste Couples

An inter-caste marriage between two Hindus needs no special permission: an Arya Samaj wedding and Hindu Marriage Act registration are open to any two Hindus. The Supreme Court in Lata Singh (2006) directed police to protect inter-caste couples from harassment, and in Shakti Vahini (2018) held that no family, community or panchayat may interfere with the marriage of consenting adults. See our inter-caste marriage service and the legal process guide.

Muslim Couples

Muslim families in Kondli, Khichripur, Trilokpuri and the New Ashok Nagar side marry by nikah: two adults free to marry, free consent, mahr, ijab and qubool before witnesses. Our own Qazi reads nikahs with nikahnama and certificate for ₹5,000. Delhi law then requires registration under the Delhi (Compulsory Registration of Marriage) Order, 2014, within 60 days. Register under that Order rather than the Special Marriage Act, which would move succession to the Indian Succession Act; the Delhi High Court directed online registration of Muslim marriages under the 2014 Order in Faizan Ayubi (2024). See our nikah registration service and the nikah documents guide.

If Your Families Oppose

Couples from two states, two castes or two religions often face opposition, especially when one family is far away and hears the news by phone. The law protects adults:

• Lata Singh (2006): police must protect inter-caste and inter-religion couples;
• Shakti Vahini (2018): no family or community may interfere with the marriage of consenting adults;
• Shafin Jahan (2018): the choice of a partner is part of personal liberty under Article 21;
• Delhi Police special cells and the Delhi High Court's protection orders are available if you are threatened.

Keep documents with you, leave copies with a friend, choose supportive witnesses, register promptly, and record threats. Call 112 in an emergency and 181 for the women's helpline. See our love marriage service.

Talking to Parents in Another State

Many couples here are the first in their family to live away from home. Their parents are in a town in Bihar, Bengal, Odisha or Uttarakhand, and hear about the marriage on a phone call. Distance makes ordinary disagreements feel larger, and rumours travel faster than explanations. A few things help.

• Tell them yourself, early, and in person if you can. A visit home, or a video call with both families present, lands better than a message after the fact.
• Be clear about the legal position. You are adults; the law does not require anyone's consent. Saying that gently, once, is usually enough.
• Offer them a role. Many families who begin by refusing come to a wedding if they are invited properly, or agree to a family function later.
• Do not hand over your documents to anyone, however trusted, during a difficult period.
• Keep your plans between yourselves and your witnesses until the paperwork is done, if there is any risk of interference.
• If threats start, stop persuading and start protecting: record what is said, tell the police special cell, and consider a protection petition in the High Court.

We have seen hundreds of these situations. Most end with both families at the table within a year or two, and the couple grateful that they registered the marriage early, while things were tense.

Age

The groom must be 21 and the bride 18, proved by a Class 10 certificate, birth certificate or passport; Aadhaar is identity proof, not age proof. We never conduct a marriage where either party is under age. See the marriage age guide.

Witnesses

Two witnesses for Hindu Marriage Act registration, three for the Special Marriage Act, and for a nikah as the school requires. They bring photo ID and address proof and must actually know you: colleagues, neighbours in the society, friends or relatives.

Moving Abroad After Marriage

Plenty of couples here marry and then move: a job in Bengaluru or Hyderabad, a posting in Dubai or Singapore, a master's degree in Europe, a dependant visa for Canada or Australia. The marriage certificate becomes the document that travels with you.

1. Register before the move. Both spouses must attend the appointment; arranging it after one has left is very difficult.
2. Get the spelling right. Names on the certificate should match the passports exactly; a mismatch can hold up a visa.
3. Apostille or attestation: for countries in the Hague Apostille Convention, the Ministry of External Affairs apostilles the certificate after state authentication. Canada joined in 2024 and Saudi Arabia in 2022; the UAE has traditionally required embassy attestation. Check the destination's current rules.
4. Keep digital copies in both spouses' email, and carry a physical copy in hand baggage when you fly to join a spouse.
5. Foreign national spouse: the Special Marriage Act is usually the route, often with a certificate of no impediment from their embassy.

See our NRI marriage service and the apostille and visa guide.

Couples Living Together Before Marriage

In a neighbourhood of young professionals, some couples live together before they marry, or instead of marrying. A few legal points, stated plainly:

• Two consenting adults living together is not an offence. The Supreme Court said so in Khushboo (2010) and has repeated it since.
• There is no government live-in registration or certificate in Delhi. Uttarakhand's Uniform Civil Code requires registration of live-in relationships in that state, but Delhi has no such law.
• A relationship "in the nature of marriage" can bring the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 into play, and maintenance claims in some circumstances, following Velusamy (2010) and Indra Sarma (2013). Long cohabitation can raise a presumption of marriage (Badri Prasad, 1978), though it is rebuttable.
• Neither partner may already be married to someone else; that changes the legal position completely.
• Couples who want clarity about finances, belongings and responsibilities sometimes sign a written agreement. It is not a marriage and creates no marital status.

Read our live-in relationship law guide. If protection from families is the worry, marriage plus registration gives far stronger legal standing than any private document.

Second Marriages

A divorced or widowed person may remarry once the earlier marriage has legally ended. A Hindu, Sikh, Jain or Buddhist needs a certified copy of the final decree; a "divorce" on stamp paper or before a panchayat does not end a Hindu marriage, except where a recognised custom of divorce applies and is proved. A Muslim needs the talaqnama, khulanama, mubarat deed or decree, and a woman must have completed her iddat. A Special Marriage Act or Christian marriage ends only by a court decree. A widowed person brings the former spouse's death certificate. Marrying while an earlier marriage subsists can be void and a crime, and conversion does not change that, as the Supreme Court held in Sarla Mudgal (1995).

Where there are children from a first marriage, settle guardianship, school records and nominations clearly, and consider a will. These steps prevent most of the disputes that reach courts years later.

Documents Checklist

Full list: documents required for court marriage in Delhi.

At the Appointment

Both spouses and the witnesses attend the office on your slip with all originals. The officer checks the originals against the uploads, confirms identity, and asks simple questions: when and where you married, who performed the ceremony, whether either was married before, and whether you marry by choice. Witnesses say how they know you. If everything is in order you sign the register and the certificate is issued, often digitally, the same day or within a few days. Allow half a day; morning appointments usually move faster.

Name and Date Mismatches

Couples who have moved between states collect documents from different offices over the years, and the details drift apart. A bride may be "Priyanka Kumari" on her Class 10 certificate, "Priyanka Singh" on Aadhaar and "Priyanka" alone on her office ID. A groom's date of birth may differ between his school record and his PAN. These are ordinary problems with an ordinary solution.

• Pick one version of each name, preferably the passport or Class 10 spelling, and use it everywhere in the application and the affidavits.
• File a one-and-same-person affidavit listing every version of the name and the documents in which it appears.
• For dates of birth, rely on the Class 10 certificate or birth certificate, and explain the difference by affidavit. Never choose a date to make someone appear older; a false statement about age is an offence.
• Fix the records afterwards. Once the marriage is registered, correct Aadhaar, PAN and office records so that they all agree. Visa officers and banks compare documents closely.
• Parents' names should also be consistent, since they appear on the certificate.

Urgent and Tatkal Registration

Sometimes there is a real deadline: a visa interview, a posting abroad, a relocation, a hospital admission where a spouse's name is needed on records. The Delhi system provides for Tatkal registration with an additional government fee of ₹10,000 where it is available for your route. Whether it helps depends on the situation:

• Tatkal can shorten the wait for an appointment; it cannot shorten the Special Marriage Act's 30-day notice, which is set by statute.
• It cannot create documents you do not have. A missing age proof or a name mismatch will still stop the file.
• It is worth it for a genuine deadline with everything else ready, and not otherwise.

Tell us the deadline at the first call. Often the answer is simply to start today on the normal route, which costs nothing extra and gets there in time. See our guides to Tatkal marriage certificates and same-day registration.

Check the Certificate the Day You Get It

When the certificate arrives, read every line before you file it away:

• both names, spelt as in your passports and other records;
• both dates of birth;
• parents' names;
• the date and place of the marriage;
• the address, and the registration number and date;
• the digital signature, if it is an e-certificate.

An error corrected in the first weeks is a small matter; the same error found two years later, at a visa appointment, is a large one. If something is wrong, apply to the issuing office for correction with the supporting documents.

What It Costs

Government fees, e-stamp and notary charges at actual cost. Full list: fees.

Timeline

Getting Around

The Blue Line connects Mayur Vihar Phase-1, Mayur Vihar Extension and New Ashok Nagar to central Delhi and to Noida; the Pink Line adds Trilokpuri Sanjay Lake and Mayur Vihar Pocket-1. For an appointment, agree to meet your witnesses at a metro exit rather than in a society's parking area. Traffic across Chilla and the NH-9 corridor is heavy in the morning and evening peaks, so plan an early appointment and leave margin. We can arrange pickup and drop within Delhi NCR for ₹1,500.

Common Mistakes

1. Registering in both Delhi and UP for the same marriage.
2. Giving SMA notice without 30 days' residence in that district.
3. Aadhaar with an old home-town address and nothing else to show Delhi residence.
4. Flat and block numbers written differently across documents.
5. Booking the appointment without checking witnesses' leave.
6. Leaving registration until one spouse is about to relocate or fly out.
7. Missing the insurance window to add a spouse after marriage.
8. Registering a nikah under the Special Marriage Act by mistake.
9. Agents promising registration without appearance or offering witnesses.

After Registration

• Update HR, insurance, EPF and bank nominations.
• Update Aadhaar, passport and voter ID addresses, and the surname if the wife chooses to change it.
• Keep digital copies of the certificate, the ceremony certificate and photographs.
• Interfaith couples married under the SMA: consider wills.
• Every bride: keep bills and a list of her jewellery and gifts; they are her own property.
• Planning a move abroad: get the certificate apostilled or attested for the destination country.

Five Mayur Vihar Situations

The Delhi–Noida couple

He lived in Mayur Vihar Phase 1 with his parents; she rented in Noida Sector 62 with two colleagues. Both worked in Noida. They married in an Arya Samaj ceremony in Delhi and registered under the Hindu Marriage Act in Delhi, on his family's address and the place of the wedding. One registration, one certificate, no duplication.

The couple who married in Kolkata

A Bengali couple married in Kolkata with the family's full rites and moved into a Mayur Vihar society flat. Five years later, a dependant visa application needed a certificate. They registered in Delhi on their Delhi residence, with the wedding album, the priest's certificate and two neighbours as witnesses who had known them as a married couple for years.

The interfaith couple and the 30 days

A Hindu woman from Patparganj and a Christian man from Noida did not want either to convert. Because she had lived in the Delhi district for years, they gave notice in Delhi, waited the 30 days, and were married before the Marriage Officer with three friends as witnesses. Both later made wills.

The nurse and the shift roster

A nurse working night shifts in a Noida hospital and her fiancé, a technician, had almost no common free time. We checked documents on WhatsApp across a week, held the Arya Samaj wedding on a Tuesday morning after her night shift ended, and took the appointment on her next off day, with two colleagues as witnesses.

The family in Trilokpuri

A groom from Trilokpuri lived in a house built by his grandfather, with the electricity bill in his father's name. His Aadhaar and voter ID showed the correct address and the ration card listed the family together. The registration went through without any property paper being asked for.

Checklist

One-Minute Summary

• Mayur Vihar is in the East district from 1 January 2026; most addresses are expected to be allotted to the Patparganj sub-division.
• Register once: Delhi or Uttar Pradesh, whichever suits your documents and your appointment.
• Hindu couples: Arya Samaj wedding + Hindu Marriage Act registration; existing weddings can be registered with proof.
• Interfaith couples: Special Marriage Act, 30 days' residence and 30 days' notice; consider the property effect and make wills.
• Society flats, rented flats and resettlement-colony houses can all prove residence without ownership papers.
• Plan leave: about one day for the wedding and half a day for the appointment; witnesses need leave too.
• We never provide witnesses and never marry anyone under age.

How We Help

We check documents on WhatsApp, advise whether Delhi or Uttar Pradesh is simpler for you, prepare affidavits, conduct Arya Samaj weddings and nikahs around your shifts, file registration and Special Marriage Act applications, book appointments and prepare you and your witnesses. Everything is confidential. We do not provide witnesses, and we never conduct a marriage where a party is under age.

Questions and Answers: Court Marriage for Mayur Vihar Couples

Sources and Official References

Facts in this guide were checked against the following primary sources. Government procedures and office allocations change, so confirm current details on the official portal before applying.

• Delhi e-District – official online application portal
• Revenue Department, Delhi – notification dated 25 December 2025 creating 39 sub-divisions and 13 areas
• The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 – India Code
• The Special Marriage Act, 1954 – India Code
• Uttar Pradesh Stamp and Registration Department – marriage registration portal
• Safiya Sultana v. State of U.P., Allahabad High Court, 2021 – Indian Kanoon
• The Delhi (Compulsory Registration of Marriage) Order, 2014 – Revenue Department, Delhi
• Delhi High Court directs online registration of Muslim marriages (Faizan Ayubi, November 2024) – LiveLaw
• Hague Apostille Convention – status table – HCCH
• Lata Singh v. State of U.P., Supreme Court, 2006 – Indian Kanoon
• Shakti Vahini v. Union of India, Supreme Court, 2018 – Indian Kanoon
• Indra Sarma v. V.K.V. Sarma, Supreme Court, 2013 – Indian Kanoon
• Sarla Mudgal v. Union of India, Supreme Court, 1995 – Indian Kanoon

This guide is general information, not legal advice for your specific case. Call +91 8376863962 for advice on your situation.

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