Muslims opting for multiple marriages will have to get them registered separately in Uttar Pradesh

The UP Marriage Registration Guidelines 2017 were approved by the cabinet on 1 August. After notification, the stamp and registration department will implement it, Renuka Kumar, principal secretary to the women welfare department, said. She also made it clear that the guidelines “do not interfere” in practices of “any religion”. “The UP government does not intend to interfere in the practices of any religion. If any male Muslim is going to register his marriage, then he will have the option of registration a maximum of four marriages. For this, he has to fill different registration forms,” she said.