Updated 17 September 2026 · Arya Samaj Mandir Court Marriage Delhi NCR
Anand Marriage Act Registration in Delhi: Anand Karaj, Your Own Register, and One Step Saved
Sikh couples married by Anand Karaj have their own statute and, in Delhi, their own rules — and most still end up registered under the Hindu Marriage Act because nobody mentions the alternative. The Anand Marriage Act 1909 was amended in 2012 to create a register; Delhi notified its rules on 9 February 2018; and in September 2025 the Supreme Court directed every State to make this work and told registering authorities to accept these applications now. There is also a clause in section 6 that saves a Delhi couple an entire second registration. This page explains all of it, and exactly what to say at the counter.
Quick answer
Can a Sikh couple register their marriage under the Anand Marriage Act in Delhi?
Yes. The Anand Marriage Act 1909 validates marriages solemnised by Anand Karaj, and section 6 — inserted by the Anand Marriage (Amendment) Act 2012 and in force from 1 November 2013 — requires State Governments to make rules for entering such marriages in a Marriage Register. Delhi notified the Delhi Anand Marriages Rules 2018 on 9 February 2018, so the route is available here. Section 6 also provides that the validity of an Anand marriage is in no way affected by the omission to make an entry, and that parties whose marriage is registered under this Act are not required to register under any other law for the time being in force, including a State Act. In Amanjyot Singh Chadha v. Union of India, 2025 SCC OnLine SC 2017, decided on 4 September 2025, the Supreme Court directed States without rules to notify them within four months and directed all registering authorities to receive and process Anand Karaj registration applications immediately and without discrimination, holding that registration may not be refused merely because rules have not been promulgated.
| Which Act | Anand Marriage Act, 1909 — validates marriages solemnised by Anand Karaj |
|---|---|
| What the 2012 amendment did | Inserted section 6 — a Marriage Register — in force 1 November 2013 |
| Delhi rules | Delhi Anand Marriages Rules, 2018 — notified 9 February 2018 |
| Validity if unregistered | Unaffected — section 6 says so in terms |
| The clause that saves a step | Parties registered under this Act need not register under any other law, including a State Act |
| Supreme Court | Amanjyot Singh Chadha v. Union of India, 2025 SCC OnLine SC 2017 — 4 September 2025 |
| SC direction — immediate | Authorities to receive and process Anand Karaj applications without discrimination |
| SC direction — refusal | May not be refused solely because rules are not yet promulgated |
| SC direction — States without rules | Notify within four months of 4 September 2025 |
| SC direction — escalation | A Secretary-level nodal officer in each State/UT |
| Say this at the counter | “Under the Anand Marriage Act 1909 and the Delhi Anand Marriages Rules 2018” |
| Where | SDM / Registrar of Marriages — no court complex registers marriages |
| Already registered under the HMA? | You are registered. Nothing needs fixing, and do not seek a duplicate entry |
| Call or WhatsApp | +91 7011476967 |
Last updated: 17 September 2026
This is one of the few subjects in Indian marriage law where the position genuinely changed recently, and where most of what is written online predates the change. Pages still say that Sikh couples “have to” register under the Hindu Marriage Act, or that the Anand Marriage Act is symbolic and creates no register. Neither has been true since 2013, and neither has been true in Delhi since February 2018.
So this page keeps to the instruments: what section 6 says, what the Delhi rules did, what the Supreme Court directed in September 2025 and what to do if an office has not caught up. It also flags the clause that answers Delhi’s compulsory-registration requirement in one step instead of two — and it is honest about where the statute and the counter may not yet be saying the same thing.
1. The short answer
A Sikh couple married by Anand Karaj has their own statute, their own register and, in Delhi, their own rules — and most couples still get registered under the Hindu Marriage Act because nobody tells them otherwise.
There is also a clause in section 6 that quietly saves you a step, and it is the single most useful thing on this page. Section 3 deals with it.
2. The Act, and what the 2012 amendment actually changed
The Anand Marriage Act is one of the oldest marriage statutes still on the Indian books, and for most of its life it did only one thing.
1909 — validity
The Act was passed to put beyond doubt that marriages solemnised among Sikhs by the Anand Karaj ceremony are valid. That was the whole of its work for over a century: it validated the rite. It created no register and no way of recording a marriage, which is why Sikh couples were, in practice, registered under the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 like everybody else.
2012 — registration
The Anand Marriage (Amendment) Act, 2012 inserted section 6, which came into force on 1 November 2013. Its substance:
- The State Government shall make rules providing that the parties to an Anand Karaj marriage may have the particulars of their marriage entered in a Marriage Register.
- That register shall be open for inspection and shall be admissible as evidence, and certified extracts are to be available on application and payment of the fee.
- The validity of an Anand marriage is in no way affected by the omission to make an entry in the register — the same principle as section 8(5) of the Hindu Marriage Act.
- Rules made under the section are to be laid before the State Legislature.
- And the clause that matters most in practice, dealt with next.
3. The clause that saves you a step
This is the part nobody mentions, and it is the practical reason a Delhi couple might choose this route.
Read that against what otherwise applies in Delhi. The Delhi (Compulsory Registration of Marriage) Order, 2014 makes registration compulsory for marriages solemnised in Delhi irrespective of caste, creed or religion, within 60 days of the final ceremony, with a penalty published at ₹1,000 for missing it. Section 6 of the Anand Marriage Act, being a central provision, says in terms that a couple registered under it is not required to register under any other law for the time being in force, including a State Act.
So on the face of the two instruments, an Anand Karaj marriage registered under the Anand Marriage Act is registered — once, properly, and under the Act that matches the ceremony — and does not need a second registration under the Delhi Order.
4. What the Supreme Court directed in September 2025 — and what to do if you are refused
For more than a decade after 2012, many States simply did not make the rules section 6 required, so Sikh couples in those States had no way to use their own Act. That came before the Supreme Court and was decided last year.
• States and Union Territories without rules under section 6 to notify them within four months, published in the Official Gazette and laid before the State Legislature.
• With immediate effect, all registering authorities to receive and process, without discrimination, applications for registration of marriages solemnised by Anand Karaj under existing frameworks, recording the Anand Karaj rite where requested.
• States that already had rules to issue clarificatory circulars within three months specifying the documents required, the timelines, and the availability of certified extracts.
• Each respondent to designate a Secretary-level nodal officer within two months to oversee compliance and address grievances.
• The Union of India to circulate model rules within two months and file a consolidated compliance report within six months.
• And, expressly, that an application for registration may not be refused solely because rules have not yet been promulgated.
The bench put the principle in a line worth remembering: “In a secular republic, the State must not turn a citizen’s faith into either a privilege or a handicap.”
What that means for you, practically
- Delhi already had rules — the 2018 Rules — so Delhi falls in the category that was to issue a clarificatory circular setting out documents, timelines and certified extracts. Ask the office for that circular by name; it is the fastest way to establish what your particular office expects.
- The four-month deadline for States without rules has long passed, since the order is dated 4 September 2025. If you are marrying or registering outside Delhi, the rules should now exist in your State.
- Refusal on the ground that “there are no rules” is squarely contrary to the order. So is a refusal to record the Anand Karaj rite where you have asked for it.
- There is a nodal officer. If a counter refuses you, the escalation is not a court case — it is a written representation to the designated Secretary-level nodal officer, referring to the directions in Amanjyot Singh Chadha.
5. Registering an Anand Karaj in Delhi
Where
The office of the SDM / Registrar of Marriages — an officer of the Delhi Revenue Department. Registration is an administrative act at a revenue office, not a court: Tis Hazari, Saket, Rohini, Karkardooma and Dwarka court complexes hold no marriage registers. The Revenue Department directs applicants to the office of the ADM of their area or the concerned Deputy Commissioner, in a morning counter window — its pages publish 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. on one and 9.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. on another.
Say the right thing at the counter
This sounds trivial and it is not. State that you are applying under the Anand Marriage Act 1909 and the Delhi Anand Marriages Rules 2018, that the marriage was solemnised by Anand Karaj, and that you want the entry made in the register kept under those rules with a certified extract issued. If you simply hand over a file, it will be processed the way most files are processed.
What to bring
| Document | Notes |
|---|---|
| Certificate from the gurdwara where the Anand Karaj was performed | On the gurdwara’s letterhead with its stamp, naming the parties, the date, and ideally the register or serial number of the gurdwara’s own record. The Revenue Department’s document list expressly contemplates a certificate from the priest where a marriage was solemnised at a religious place |
| Details of the granthi who conducted the ceremony | Full name, and the gurdwara’s address and telephone number. Write it down now, not in five years |
| Age proof — both parties | Matriculation certificate, birth certificate or passport |
| Identity proof — both parties | Aadhaar, passport, voter ID, driving licence |
| Address proof | For jurisdiction. Offices commonly ask for residence before and after the marriage |
| Photographs | Passport-size for both, plus photographs of the Anand Karaj — ideally showing the four laavan being taken around the Guru Granth Sahib. Take extras |
| Separate affidavits, one from each party | Delhi expects separate affidavits, not one joint affidavit. Small denomination stamp paper, sworn before a notary. Have them state that the marriage was solemnised by Anand Karaj, with the date and the gurdwara |
| Two witnesses with original ID and address proof | Ideally people who were actually present at the ceremony |
| Wedding invitation, if you have one | Contemporaneous third-party evidence, and cheap to keep |
| Divorce decree or death certificate, where either party was married before | A certified decree with proof of finality, or the death certificate |
6. Anand Marriage Act or Hindu Marriage Act — which, and does it matter?
Both are available to a Sikh couple. Here is the honest comparison.
| Anand Marriage Act 1909 with the Delhi Anand Marriages Rules 2018 | Hindu Marriage Act 1955 section 8 registration | |
|---|---|---|
| What the record says | A marriage solemnised by Anand Karaj | A Hindu marriage registered under section 8 |
| Available to | Parties married by the Anand Karaj ceremony | Hindus, Buddhists, Jainas and Sikhs — section 2 expressly includes Sikhs |
| Public notice | None | None |
| Evidential value | Register open to inspection and admissible as evidence; certified extracts on application | Register admissible as evidence — section 8(4) |
| Validity if unregistered | Unaffected — section 6 | Unaffected — section 8(5) |
| Any further registration needed? | No — section 6 says parties registered under this Act are not required to register under any other law in force, including a State Act | The Delhi Order 2014 applies in the ordinary way |
| Accepted by passport offices, banks, embassies? | Yes — it is a government certificate | Yes |
So, plainly
- Practically, both give you a government certificate that every office will accept. Nobody should be anxious that choosing one will cause problems at a bank or a consulate.
- The Anand Marriage Act route records the marriage as what it was. For many Sikh couples that is the whole point, and it is the reason Parliament amended the Act in 2012 and the reason the Supreme Court took the matter up in 2025.
- It also answers the compulsory-registration question in one step rather than two, by force of section 6.
- The Hindu Marriage Act route is more familiar to counter staff, which sometimes makes it smoother in practice. That is an argument about convenience, not about law, and the Supreme Court’s directions exist precisely so that convenience does not decide it.
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7. If you are already registered under the Hindu Marriage Act
Then you are registered, and you have a valid government marriage certificate that every office in India accepts. Nothing needs fixing and nothing is at risk.
- You do not need to register again. A second registration of the same marriage is not something to seek out, and offices are rightly cautious about duplicate entries for one marriage.
- If having the Anand Karaj recorded matters to you, the Supreme Court’s direction that authorities record the Anand Karaj rite where requested is the provision to raise, in writing, with the office that holds your entry. Ask what it can do rather than assuming either way.
- If you married years ago and never registered at all, that is a different situation — and the Anand route is genuinely open to you now. Your marriage was valid throughout; section 6 says so in terms. Go this month, while the gurdwara record and the witnesses are still easy to reach.
8. What it should cost
- The fee prescribed under the applicable rules for entry in the register and for a certified extract. These are nominal — this is a clerical act, not a service.
- Delhi’s published figures for marriage registration generally sit in the hundreds: the Revenue Department publishes ₹150 for solemnisation on one page, and on another ₹100 under the Hindu Marriage Act; the 2014 Order publishes ₹200 for registration.
- Stamp paper and notary for the two affidavits — tens of rupees plus the notary’s charge.
- MEA apostille ₹50 per document, if the certificate is going abroad.
9. Where we refuse, and what we are not
- We are a documentation and registration service, not a religious body. We do not perform or advise on Anand Karaj, and questions about the ceremony belong with the gurdwara.
- We do not litigate. If an office refuses registration and a written representation to the nodal officer does not resolve it, the next step is an advocate. We will tell you that plainly rather than take a fee for something we cannot finish.
- We refuse under-age files. No exception, no discretion, no custom.
- We refuse backdated certificates and any document carrying a false date, venue or fact.
- Nothing to do with dowry, an offence under the Dowry Prohibition Act 1961.
- And we will tell you when you already have what you need. Couples come to this page worried that a Hindu Marriage Act certificate is somehow deficient. It is not. If you hold one, you are registered, and the honest answer is that you need nothing from us.
10. Frequently asked questions
20 questions we are asked most often, answered directly.
Is an Anand Karaj marriage legally valid?
Yes. The Anand Marriage Act 1909 was passed to put the validity of marriages solemnised by the Anand Karaj ceremony beyond doubt, and section 6 provides expressly that the validity of an Anand marriage is in no way affected by the omission to make an entry in the Marriage Register.
Can we register under the Anand Marriage Act in Delhi?
Yes. Section 6, inserted by the Anand Marriage (Amendment) Act 2012 and in force from 1 November 2013, required State Governments to make rules for a Marriage Register, and Delhi notified the Delhi Anand Marriages Rules 2018 on 9 February 2018. The route is therefore available here.
Do we still have to register under the Delhi Compulsory Registration of Marriage Order 2014?
Section 6 provides that parties whose marriage has been registered under the Anand Marriage Act shall not be required to get their marriage registered under any other law for the time being in force, including a State Act. On the face of it, that answers the Delhi Order in one step. Office practice can lag behind a little-used provision, so say clearly which Act you are applying under and ask for the certified extract from the register kept under the 2018 Rules.
What did the Supreme Court decide in September 2025?
In Amanjyot Singh Chadha v. Union of India, 2025 SCC OnLine SC 2017, decided on 4 September 2025 by Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta JJ., the Court directed States and Union Territories without rules under section 6 to notify them within four months; directed all registering authorities with immediate effect to receive and process applications for registration of Anand Karaj marriages without discrimination and to record the Anand Karaj rite where requested; directed States that already had rules to issue clarificatory circulars within three months; required a Secretary-level nodal officer in each State and Union Territory within two months; and held that an application may not be refused solely because rules have not yet been promulgated.
The office says there are no rules and refuses to register us. What now?
That refusal is squarely contrary to the Supreme Court's direction that registration may not be refused merely because rules have not been promulgated — and in Delhi the rules have existed since 2018 in any event. Ask for the refusal in writing, or note the date, counter and official's name, and make a written representation to the designated Secretary-level nodal officer citing the directions in Amanjyot Singh Chadha. Most of these resolve at that stage.
Is the Anand Marriage Act only for Sikhs?
It is the Act for marriages solemnised by the Anand Karaj ceremony, which is the Sikh form of marriage. Note separately that section 2 of the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 expressly includes Sikhs, which is why that route has always been available too — and is why most Sikh couples have historically been registered under it.
Which route should we choose?
Both produce a government certificate that every office accepts, so there is no practical risk either way. The Anand Marriage Act route records the marriage as what it actually was, which for many couples is the entire point, and it answers the compulsory-registration requirement in one step. The Hindu Marriage Act route is more familiar to counter staff and is sometimes smoother in practice.
We are already registered under the Hindu Marriage Act. Is our certificate deficient?
Not at all. You hold a valid government marriage certificate that is accepted everywhere in India and abroad. Nothing needs fixing, and you should not seek a second registration of the same marriage — duplicate entries for one marriage cause problems rather than solving them.
Can we have the Anand Karaj rite recorded on an existing entry?
The Supreme Court directed that authorities record the Anand Karaj rite where that is requested, so it is worth raising in writing with the office that holds your entry. What any particular office can do with an existing record varies, so ask rather than assuming in either direction.
What documents do we need?
A certificate from the gurdwara where the Anand Karaj was performed, with its stamp and ideally its register or serial number; the granthi's details; age proof and identity proof for both parties; address proof; passport-size and ceremony photographs; separate affidavits from each party; and two witnesses with their own original documents. Add a divorce decree with proof of finality or a death certificate where either party was married before.
Does the granthi have to attend the office?
Usually not, which is precisely why the gurdwara's written certificate matters — with its stamp, the date, both names and the register or serial number of the gurdwara's own record. Practice varies between offices, so ask what yours expects before the appointment.
How long do we have to register after the ceremony?
If you are registering under the Delhi Order 2014, the application is due within 60 days of the final ceremony, with an additional fee in the extended period and then a penalty published at ₹1,000 which the Additional District Magistrate may remit. Under the Anand Marriage Act the statute does not itself impose that period, but you should not treat that as a reason to delay — the evidence you need decays.
We married by Anand Karaj in 2009 and never registered. Can we still do it?
Yes. Your marriage was valid throughout — section 6 says validity is in no way affected by the omission to make an entry. What you will need is evidence that the ceremony happened: the gurdwara's record and certificate, photographs, the invitation, and witnesses who were present. That evidence is easier to gather this year than next.
What should the gurdwara certificate say?
Both parties' full names as they appear on their identity documents, the date of the Anand Karaj, the name and address of the gurdwara, the granthi's name, the gurdwara's stamp and signature, and the register or serial number of the entry in the gurdwara's own record. That serial number is the single most useful thing on it and the item most often left off.
Where do we go in Delhi?
The office of the SDM or Registrar of Marriages. The Revenue Department directs applicants to the office of the ADM of their area or the concerned Deputy Commissioner, in a morning counter window — its pages publish 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. on one and 9.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. on another. No court complex holds marriage registers. Confirm your subdivision first, since Delhi was reorganised into 13 districts and 39 subdivisions from 1 January 2026.
What does it cost?
The fee prescribed under the applicable rules for the entry and the certified extract, which is nominal — this is a clerical act. For context, Delhi's published marriage registration figures sit in the hundreds: ₹150 for solemnisation and ₹100 under the Hindu Marriage Act on the Revenue Department's pages, and ₹200 for registration under the 2014 Order. Affidavits cost stamp paper plus the notary's charge.
Someone has quoted us a large sum for 'Anand Marriage Act registration'.
Ask for two lines — what goes to the government and what is the service fee. There is no special payment and no special arrangement required for this route; what it requires is a complete file and the right words at the counter. A large all-inclusive figure with no breakdown is the clearest warning sign in this field.
Will a certificate under this Act be accepted for a passport or a visa?
Yes — it is a government certificate issued from a statutory register that is admissible as evidence. For use abroad it will normally need an apostille, at ₹50 per document under the Hague Apostille Convention 1961. Order two or three certified extracts at the counter, because several authorities keep the copy they are given.
Does registering under this Act change which law governs divorce or succession for us?
No, and anybody suggesting otherwise should be asked to put it in writing. Registration is about which register records your marriage. It is not a mechanism for choosing the substantive law that governs marriage, divorce, maintenance or succession in your case.
Can you perform the Anand Karaj for us?
No. We are a documentation and registration service, not a religious body. The ceremony belongs with the gurdwara, and questions about it should go there. What we do is the paperwork afterwards — and we will tell you when you can manage that perfectly well yourselves.
11. Real questions from couples
12 situations couples actually bring to us, with the answer we would give on the phone.
We are getting married at a gurdwara next month. What should we ask for on the day?
A certificate on the gurdwara's letterhead with its stamp, both names spelled exactly as on your Aadhaars, the date, the granthi's name, and the register or serial number of the gurdwara's own entry. Write down the granthi's full name and the gurdwara's phone number separately. And photograph the four laavan, wide enough to show the Guru Granth Sahib. Ten minutes on the day, and it settles everything afterwards.
The SDM office told us Anand Marriage Act registration 'is not done here'.
Delhi notified its Anand Marriages Rules on 9 February 2018, and on 4 September 2025 the Supreme Court directed all registering authorities to receive and process these applications without discrimination and held that they may not be refused merely for want of rules. Go back with that, in writing, and ask for the clarificatory circular the Court directed States with existing rules to issue. If the counter will not move, write to the nodal officer.
Does registering under the Anand Marriage Act mean we do not need to do the Delhi 2014 Order registration?
That is what section 6 says — parties registered under this Act are not required to register under any other law for the time being in force, including a State Act. It is a central provision and it is clear. What I will not do is promise you that every counter reads it the same way on the day, so keep the certified extract and ask the office to confirm in writing that your registration is complete.
We registered under the Hindu Marriage Act in 2016. Should we now register under the Anand Marriage Act too?
No. You are registered, your certificate is valid everywhere, and a second registration of the same marriage is not something to pursue. If having the Anand Karaj recorded matters to you, raise that in writing with the office holding your entry, citing the Supreme Court's direction about recording the rite on request.
My parents married by Anand Karaj in 1987 and have no certificate at all. Does it matter now?
It matters if they will ever need to prove the marriage — for a pension, a bank, a property matter or succession. Their marriage has been valid the whole time; what is missing is provability. If the gurdwara's record still exists and anyone who attended is reachable, this is very much worth doing now rather than leaving to whoever has to sort it out later.
We live in Delhi but were married by Anand Karaj in Punjab.
Then jurisdiction is the first question and it is worth settling before you travel anywhere. Tell us where the Anand Karaj took place and where you both live now, and we will tell you which office is the right one and under which rules. Registering in the wrong place is the commonest wasted trip on this.
An agent says he can get it done through a 'special channel' for ₹20,000.
There is no special channel. This route needs a complete file and the correct statement at the counter, and the government charges are nominal. Ask him to write down the government charge on one line and his fee on another, and to name the rule he is applying under. That request ends most of these conversations.
Our names are spelled differently on the gurdwara certificate and on Aadhaar.
Get it reconciled before you file. Usually that means an affidavit linking the two spellings, supported by the documents that carry each, and if the gurdwara can reissue its certificate with the Aadhaar spelling, ask them to. Doing this in advance costs an hour; discovering it at the counter costs an appointment.
Is there any advantage for us in the Anand route, apart from the principle?
One practical one: section 6's provision that no further registration is required under any other law answers Delhi's compulsory-registration requirement in a single step. Beyond that, the honest answer is that the advantage is the principle — the record says Anand Karaj — and for a great many Sikh couples that is reason enough. It is why Parliament amended the Act and why the Supreme Court took the case up.
We need the certificate for a Canadian spouse visa. Any difference?
None in acceptance — it is a government certificate from a statutory register. Plan the apostille and the number of certified extracts before you apply rather than after, because several authorities keep the copy they are given and a second trip to the office is a wasted day.
What is the mistake you see most often on this?
Couples assuming they have no choice, registering under the Hindu Marriage Act by default, and only finding out afterwards that their own Act has had a register since 2013 and Delhi has had rules since 2018. The second commonest is a gurdwara certificate with no register or serial number on it, which turns an easy job into a search years later.
If you had one line of advice, what would it be?
Get the gurdwara's certificate with its serial number, and say plainly at the counter which Act you are applying under. Those two things are the whole difference between this route working smoothly and it becoming an argument.
Summary
- The Anand Marriage Act 1909 validates Anand Karaj marriages, and the 2012 amendment inserted section 6, creating a Marriage Register — in force from 1 November 2013.
- Delhi notified the Delhi Anand Marriages Rules 2018 on 9 February 2018, so the route is available here.
- Validity is not affected by non-registration — section 6 says so expressly.
- Section 6 also says parties registered under this Act need not register under any other law in force, including a State Act — which answers Delhi’s compulsory registration in one step.
- Amanjyot Singh Chadha v. Union of India, 2025 SCC OnLine SC 2017 (4 September 2025) — States without rules to notify within four months; authorities to receive and process these applications immediately and without discrimination; clarificatory circulars where rules exist; a Secretary-level nodal officer in each State.
- Registration may not be refused merely because rules are not yet promulgated.
- Say which Act you are applying under, at the counter, and ask for the certified extract from the register kept under the 2018 Rules.
- Get the gurdwara certificate with its register or serial number. It is the item most often left off and the one that matters most later.
- Already registered under the Hindu Marriage Act? You are registered. Nothing is deficient and a second entry should not be sought.
- The charges are nominal. There is no special payment and no special channel for this route.
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