Ecclesiastical Decrees Cannot Alter Civil Marriage Registers”

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Bombay High Court (Goa Bench) Holds Canonical Annulment Has No Civil Effect — “Until Legislature or Supreme Court Reverses Elmas Fernandes, Ecclesiastical Decrees Cannot Alter Civil Marriage Registers”

Court’s Decision The Bombay High Court at Goa dismissed a writ petition seeking a direction to the Civil Registrar of Tiswadi to strike off and cancel the entry of a…

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Rawlaw May 26, 2025

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