IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR MONDAY, THE 15TH JANUARY 2007 / 25TH PAUSHA 1928 WP(C).No. 1729 of 2007(E) ------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------ SONIA JOSE, AGED 26 YEARS, D/O. JOSE, KALATHIL HOUSE, KAITHARAM .P.O., NORTH PARAVUR. BY ADV. SRI.JOHN JOSEPH VETTIKAD SRI.SABU GEORGE RESPONDENTS: ------------- 1. STATE OF KERALA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, LAW DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIATE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. 2. MARRIAGE REGISTRAR, OFFICE OF THE SUB REGISTRAR, ALUVA. . BY GOVERNMENT PLEADER – ADV. SHRI. I.V.PRAMOD THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 15/01/2007, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, J. ----------------------------------- WP(C) No. 1729 of 2007 ----------------------------- Dated, this the 15th day of January, 2007 J U D G M E N T Prayer in the writ petition is for a direction to the 2nd respondent to receive the application for solemnization and registration of marriage and to issue certificate without any delay. According to the petitioner, urgency is because, he wants to leave the country to take up employment outside India. Since only four days' notice is required for solemnization and registration of marriage under the Cochin Christian Civil Marriage Act, there will be a direction to the 2nd respondent to receive the application, solemnize marriage and register it immediately after expiry of the notice period and release the petitioner and issue certificate thereafter, after observing the formalities. Sd/- (C.N.RAMACHANDRAN NAIR, JUDGE) jg