Haryana Court Opens At Night To Solemnize Wedding Of An Indian Man With A Mexican Woman 

The nationwide lockdown has brought several things to a halt, one of them is weddings. The lockdown has compelled many couples to take to desperate measures like tying the knot on a video call to get married on the planned mahurat.

As per the Business Standard report, Rohtak court in Haryana came to the rescue of one such couple which was not able to tie the knot as planned due to lockdown. Niranjan Kashyap, met a Mexican girl online on a language learning app and fell in love, reports Times Now.

“We met on a language learning app. In 2017, she came to India on my birthday. Then this February 11, Dana and her mother came to India for the wedding. On February 17, we applied for marriage under the Special Marriage Act which has a 30-day notice,” Kashyap said.

Haryana: Niranjan Kashyap from Rohtak married Dana, a Mexican national on April 13 under the Special Marriage Act amid #CoronavirusLockdown. Niranjan says, "We met through a language learning app. Dana&her mother came to India on 11th February for the wedding." pic.twitter.com/Q9QKjMsDTH

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“The notice was to end on March 18 but by then the lockdown began so we could not get married. We submitted an application to the District Collector after which he conducted our wedding,” he added.

His bride-to-be, Dana Joheri Oliveros Cruise who had arrived in India with her mom for her wedding in February had booked a flight back home on March 24.

“I came to meet him in 2017. We later got engaged in December 2018 and I returned to Mexico. I spent two years in Mexico. Due to lockdown, we couldn’t marry. Deputy Commissioner helped us to marry,” Dana shared.

The advocate who helped the couple get married, narrated how things went and said, “Both of them came to us. Since the girl was from Mexico, they can marry under the Special Marriage Act. Later, we approached the District Magistrate and he sent requests to the Mexican Embassy and other offices for a no objection certificate. After NOC was obtained, the District Magistrate opened the court and performed the marriage on April 13 at 8 pm.”

All’s well that ends well! We are happy to see the Rohtak court going out of their way to help the young couple get married. Congratulations to the newlyweds!

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