- Report was submitted by the Law Commission of India (LCI).
- Key issues highlighted
- Lack of regulation
- There exist no law governing marriages with NRIs.
- There is no central legislation prescribing compulsory registration of marriages.
- Rising trend of fraudulent matrimony
- Such marriages between NRIs and Indians leave Indian spouses, particularly women, vulnerable to domestic violence, abandonment, ex-parte divorce, etc.
- Ex-parte divorce is initiated in a foreign court without the knowledge/consent of Indian spouse.
- Such marriages between NRIs and Indians leave Indian spouses, particularly women, vulnerable to domestic violence, abandonment, ex-parte divorce, etc.
- Difficulty in legal assistance: Inter-country nature of marriages makes it difficult for Indian spouses to seek legal recourse.
- Lack of regulation
- Key recommendations:
- Enact comprehensive law: Broaden NRI Bill, 2019:
- to cover divorce, maintenance, and child support, and
- make it applicable to OCIs, and Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) apart from the NRIs.
- Compulsory registration in India
- Registration should contain information of social security number, passport particulars, ID card etc., to build a proper identification and tracking system.
- Failure to register such a marriage should attract fines or imprisonment.
- Law will be given an overriding effect on all other laws
- Enact comprehensive law: Broaden NRI Bill, 2019:
About OCIs, PIOs and NRIs
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