Punjab & Haryana HC allows wife to appear via video conference before Marriage Officer for registration of marriage under Special Marriage Act

The Division bench overruled a Single-Bench judgment that refused to permit the e-registration of marriage on the ground that the parties could not be exempted from being personally present before a marriage officer.
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The Punjab & Haryana High Court allowed a couple to register their marriage under the Special Marriage Act (Act) by permitting the wife to appear before the Marriage Officer through video conference from United States of America (Ami Ranjan and Anr. v. State of Haryana)

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