IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.21256 of 2010 Date of Decision : November 30, 2010. Mandeep Kaur .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Manish Soni, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) Notice of motion. Mr.A.S.Grewal, learned Additional Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. In view of the nature of order which I propose to pass, there is no necessity to seek any counter reply from the respondents at this stage. The petitioner is said to have performed marriage with Balwinder Kumar son of Harbhajan Lal against the wishes of their respective parents. It is alleged that both, the petitioner and her husband were fully eligible to perform the marriage as per the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. The petitioner now seeks a mandamus to direct the respondent- authorities to register their marriage and issue a registration certificate in C.W.P.No .21256 of 2010 2 this regard. It is alleged that the respondent authorities have declined to register the marriage on the plea that the parents of the petitioner/her husband have not come forward to support the factum of marriage. According to the petitioner, there being no such condition for registration of the marriage performed in accordance with law, the respondents cannot insist for the presence of the parents of the parties for the purpose of registration of their marriage. There is substance in the contention raised on behalf of the petitioner. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to the Registrar of Marriages, Jalandhar City, to verify the eligibility of the petitioner and her husband for the purpose of performing of a valid marriage as on 2.6.2010 and if found eligible, register their marriage and issue the marriage certificate. The needful shall be done within a period of two months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Dasti. November 30, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE