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.
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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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