Whether your marriage was a big fat Indian wedding or a simple court marriage, your marriage will be lawful only when it gets registered. Marriage registration is an important legal procedure in India. If you want to prove that you have got married to someone then more than the wedding photographs or invitation card, marriage certificate serves as an official proof for your marriage. In India, marriage registration has become mandatory by law. You can register your marriage before performing the marriage rituals or after the ceremony takes place. However the legal process not only is a proof for your marriage but the marriage certificate is useful for many other official purposes like applying for passport, transfer of property, for changing the name of the partner etc. In our country marriage registration can be done under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 or the Special Marriage Act. Special marriage Act is valid to all the citizens of India. Every religion has their mar...