Special Marriage Act, 1954 · Chapter III: Registration of Marriages Celebrated in Other Forms
Section 17: Appeals from orders under section 16
Any person aggrieved by any order of a Marriage Officer refusing to register a marriage under this Chapter may, within thirty days from the date of the order, appeal against that order to the district court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the Marriage Officer has his office, and the decision of the district court on such appeal shall be final, and the Marriage Officer to whom the application was made shall act in conformity with such decision.
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Supreme Court judgments citing the section 17
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Kiran Jyot Maini v. Anish Pramod Patel
Long-standing separation between the parties, multiple prolonged litigations pending adjudication, several failed attempts at reconciliation. Issue was as regards interim maintenance however, in view of irretrievable…