The senior superintendent of police (SSP) of Chandigarh has been instructed to lead a probe and submit a report on the genuineness of the marriage certificates issued by Arya Samaj and Vedic Welfare Society, Sector 22-B, Chandigarh.
Justice Hemant Gupta of Punjab and Haryana High court issued this order after taking into consideration four petitions filed by runaway couples demanding police protection from their relatives.
The order reads: “It has come to my notice that, in four petitions, the petitioners are relying upon the marriage certificates issued by Arya Samaj and Vedic Welfare Society, Sector 22-B, Chandigarh. The photographs attached with all these petitions show the marriage ceremonies being performed in a room with makeshift havan kund. Chandigarh SSP is directed to conduct an inquiry and submit a report on whether these marriages are genuine or not.”
Earlier the high court had directed various institutions not to “commercialize marriage.” Some temples and gurudwaras were also prevented from solemnizing marriages.
A few months ago, Justice L. N. Mittal had ordered Gurmeet Singh, the owner of a “gurudwara” to stop solemnizing marriages. The court was shocked to learn that Gurmeet Singh was solemnizing marriages in his living room, which he had converted into a gurudwara by placing a picture of Guru Granth Sahib in it and was issuing spurious marriage certificates to runaway couples.
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