Urdu Language Not Widely Known, 'Nikahnama' Should Also Contain Hindi/ English To Make It Comprehensible: Rajasthan High Court
Live LawIn relation to Muslim marriages, Rajasthan High Court ruled that a sacred relationship like marriage had to be recognized by a document which was unambiguous, vividly clear, explicit and transparent, and should not be issued in a language like Urdu which was not widely known to a society, especially to public servants and officers of the Court. Furthermore, the Court also observed that the District Magistrate/ Collector of every city should keep a register with a record of individuals who could perform Nikah-Nama and only such people shall be eligible to perform the ceremony of Nikah. This Court is of the perspective that District Magistrate/ District Collector of each city should keep a record of the persons who can perform Nikah-Nama and they should be enlisted in a separate file; only those people shall be eligible to perform the ceremony of Nikah; not every Tom, Dick & Harry.” The Court was hearing a petition challenging the filing of an FIR. Hence, it was stated that firstly, Collector/ District Magistrate of every district must maintain a record of persons who could perform Nikah-Nama and only such individual should be eligible to perform Nikah.
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Rajasthan HC orders that NIkahnamas must be bilingual including Hindi or English with Urdu
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