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national integration and social harmony, any law for the purpose must bring members of all
religious communities within its purview. To that extent, it will be one more significant step
in the journey towards establishing a personal law regime guaranteeing gender equality. The
law enacted by Andhra Pradesh in 2002 stipulates registration of marriages without reference
to religion. But it does not go far enough because the procedure has not been made
compulsory. The Union Law Ministry must initiate fast track action on a Bill for mandatory
registration of all marriages proposed by the National Commission for Women in 1994 and
broadly endorsed in the National Population Policy of 2000.
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