Unmarried couples in a live-in relationship must register it with the government within 30 days of moving in together. The registrar reviews the application and may ask for additional information during an investigation. If approved, the relationship is recorded in a register and a certificate issued. Refusal to register may occur if one partner is married, a minor, or if consent was obtained through coercion or fraud. Partners can end the relationship by notifying the registrar and their partner. Failing to register the relationship or providing false information can result in fines, up to 3 months of imprisonment, or both.
A fucking conservative wonderland.
How is this a reality in 2024! Indian culture is trully not ready for the 21st century world.
Not a word about the religious motives of this action in this article.
Mixed religion marriages are not socially accepted in India. When born a Hindu, one stays Hindu. Converting to Islam and marrying a Muslim is frowned upon (not sure, but I think it is even illegal in a couple of states). So the solution for such couples was to move cities and live together without officially marrying. With this registration, Uttarakand tries to stop that as well.
Boom, you got it sire!
Am I getting old or does the world just suck more and more?
Naah u just know more. Social progress has been happening exponentially around the world.
I don’t know. Pretty sure the Jewish temple down the road from me didn’t have to have a police presence every Friday night even a few years ago.
Oh wait I do know that. I remember it not having that when I moved here in 2015. You know what else I remember? I remember when trans people weren’t being actively and openly harassed by government officials.
Dude… Social progress for the LGBTQ community has been exponential. U were talking about the trans community. Look at the number of people feeling safe enough to come out as trans in the past five years. The dramatically rising numbers have led to an equally strong pushback from the conservatives. This however will subside. We have seen this happen in case of the gays as well. Look at how closed stuff was during decriminalization and marriage recognition (which was just 10-20 years around the world).
I for instance would have never ever ever thought of being able to come out as gay back in school. In fact, in India, it was criminalized at the time. Don’t get me wrong- homophobia is still very rampant in India. However, it’s decreasing at unimaginable rates.
There aren’t that many bad people as social media would lead us to believe. People change. Their ideas change. So uk… Have hope I suppose.
J.k. Rowling.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Moving in with your partner in India’s picturesque Himalayan state of Uttarakhand will soon require informing authorities and complying with a new law regulating “live-in” relationships.
Under the proposal, partners - the law specifies a man and a woman - must submit a live-in relationship statement to the registrar, who conducts a summary inquiry within 30 days.
If partners fail to submit the live-in relationship statement, the registrar, if prompted by a “complaint or information,” serves a notice demanding submission within 30 days.
To be sure, cohabiting unmarried couples are not entirely uncommon in India’s bigger cities as young men and women relocate for employment and defer traditional marriages.
In 2012, a Delhi court deemed live-in relationships “immoral” and dismissed them as an “infamous product of Western culture”, labelling them a mere “urban fad.”
(In Uttarakhand’s contentious proposed law, a deserted woman can seek maintenance from her live-in partner through the courts, and children born from such relationships will be deemed legitimate.)
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