IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.4235 of 2010 Date of decision:15.03.2010 Paval, Pavel son of Mr. Ikatar Singh Sodhi and another ....Petitioners versus The Punjab State through its Secretary, Department of Home & Justice Affairs, Government of Punjab, Chandigarh and others. ...Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: Mr. S.K. Chawla, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Anil Kumar Sharma, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. ---- 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 ? ---- K.Kannan, J. (Oral) 1. The counsel appearing for the State states that at the time when the marriage was sought to be registered, the petitioner was less than 21 years of age and, therefore, the application had been previously returned. If a fresh application is made now when both the parties are above the requisite minimum age prescribed under the Hindu Marriage Act, the Registering Officer shall register the marriage, as per Rules. The writ petition is disposed of granting the liberty to the petitioners to apply for registration of their marriage that has taken place on 20.12.2007. The Registrar shall register the marriage without taking any Civil Writ Petition No.4235 of 2010 - 2 - objection with reference to the age at the time of the marriage provided further all other requirements under the relevant rules. If the application is filed before the Registrar, the same be considered and appropriate registration done in conformity with law within a period of 1 week from the date of the application. (K.KANNAN) JUDGE 15.03.2010 sanjeev