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The Gujarat authorities connected Friday (February 20, 2026) announced it plans to amend rules framed nether the Gujarat Registration of Marriages Act, saying the determination is aimed astatine plugging loopholes successful the existing system.
Speaking successful the assembly, Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi stressed the request for caller norms, alleging that “innocent girls are being trapped” and specified practices were spreading “like termites” successful society.
He said respective radical and societal organisations had urged the authorities to amend the matrimony registration rules to forestall misuse of procedural gaps.
Referring to what helium termed “love jihad”, Mr .Sanghavi said it amounted to a “cultural invasion” and asserted that the BJP authorities could nary longer disregard the issue. He said the amendments are aimed astatine strengthening safeguards successful the registration process.
He said objections and suggestions connected the projected amendments are present invited from the nationalist for 30 days.
“People and organisations tin registry their suggestions and objections connected the Health and Family Welfare Department’s website. The caller rules volition beryllium implemented aft considering these suggestions and objections received by the department,” helium said.
Later, the Minister’s bureau shared a papers detailing the projected process for matrimony registration nether the amended rules.
As per the projected rules, each matrimony registration exertion volition request to beryllium submitted earlier the Assistant Registrar, portion applicants indispensable connect a declaration stating whether the bride and groom person informed their parents astir the marriage.
Moreover, the bride and groom volition person to supply the names, addresses, Aadhaar and interaction details of their parents successful the application.
The parents of the bride and groom volition beryllium informed wrong 10 moving days arsenic soon arsenic the Assistant Registrar is satisfied, according to the projected rules.
The Assistant Registrar volition guardant the exertion to the Registrar of the territory oregon taluka concerned. The matrimony volition beryllium registered 30 days aft the Registrar is satisfied that the requirements specified successful sub-rules person been met.
The Registrar volition upload each these details to an online portal to beryllium created by the government, accidental the projected rules.
AAP MLA Hemant Ahir, who had connected Thursday (February 19, 2026) introduced a backstage member's Bill successful this regard, and BJP MLA Lavingji Thakor congratulated the Deputy CM successful the House, saying the projected changes were the request of the hour.
They said guiltless girls were being lured by anti-social elements who exploited loopholes successful the existing strategy to solemnise and registry marriages.
