It is learned that henceforth people who want to register their marriages will not be required to wait in a queue at the sub-registrar’s office to submit their applications as they will be accepted and processed online only. This will be effective from November 16. All applications will be processed through online mode and even supporting documents and payment of fees will be accepted online. After paying the fees online, appointment date and time will be generated through the electronic system and applicants will be intimated through SMS. It may also be possible to check the status of their application online. With this process moving online, frequent trips to the sub-registrar office will be done away with which will reduce congestion at the sub-registrars’ offices. This is a step in the right direction due to the convenience it will bring to the general public. However, it must be said that both the rich and the poor, the literate and the illiterate get married. Those people who live in the remote village may not be computer savvy. They could be mostly illiterate and may not have excess to the internet and net banking could be alien to them. It would be desirable for the authorities to make it possible for the poor and illiterate people to get their marriage registered through the normal procedure and not insist only on online registration.
