Bhaskar Singha v. Registrar General Of Marriages And ANR.

D/L 37 12.08.2025 Court No.14 PRADIP

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION WPA 8260 of 2025 Bhaskar Singha Vs.

Registrar General of Marriages, West Bengal & Anr.

Mr. Suhil Basu ...for the Petitioner.

Mr. Somnath Ganguli, Ld. AGP Ms. Pratiti Das ...for the State.

1. Affidavit of service filed in Court today is taken on record.

2. The petitioner is aggrieved by the communication of the Registrar General of Marriages, West Bengal dated 4th March, 2025 declaring that the marriage between the petitioner and one Smt. Pallabi Singha solemnized under Section 13 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 on 10th January, 2019 has not been annulled/cancelled by the authority.

3. The marriage between the parties under the said Act has also not been cancelled or annulled by any Court of competent jurisdiction.

4. Learned advocate representing the petitioner submits that the marriage between the petitioner and the said Smt. Pallabi Singha stood annulled by an ex parte judgment allegedly passed by the Principal Judge of the Family Court, Goutam Budh Nagar in Matrimonial Case No. 262/2019 on 23rd May, 2022.

5. Submission is that after the marriage between the parties had been declared void by the Court, the Registrar General of Marriages ought not to have declared the petitioner's status with the private respondent as married.

6. Learned advocate representing the State respondents has taken this Court through the judgment dated 23rd May, 2022.

7. It appears therefrom that, the Court declared the marriage between the parties solemnized on 21st November, 2018 registered under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 as void.

8. By the impugned communication the Registrar General of Marriages have mentioned about the marriage solemnized on 10th January, 2019 under the Special Marriage Act, 1954 as not annulled/cancelled.

9. In fact, admittedly there is no order from any competent Court of law declaring the marriage solemnized under the Special Marriage Act, 1954 on 10th January, 2019 as void.

10. It appears that the petitioner solemnized his marriage with Smt. Pallabi Singha on two diverse dates under two separate provisions of law. One was registered on 21st November, 2018 under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and the other was registered on 10th January, 2019 under the Special Marriage Act, 1954.

11. The petitioner obtained a declaration from the Court that the marriage solemnized under the Hindu Marriage Act stood void; but the petitioner has, for reasons best known to him, not obtained any order in respect of the

marriage solemnized under the Special Marriage Act, 1954.

12. In view of the above, the communication made by the Registrar General of Marriages, West Bengal on 4th March, 2025 does not appear to be incorrect. The same does not call for any interference.

13. No relief can be granted to the petitioner in the instant writ petition. The writ petition fails and is hereby dismissed.

14. Urgent photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties upon compliance of all the requisite formalities.

(Amrita Sinha, J.)