Allahabad HC bars Arya Samaj temple from solemnising marriages

Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court has restrained an Arya Samaj temple here from solemnising marriages or issuing marriage certificates until further orders after taking a serious view of alleged failure of the temple to verify the legal age of couples.

A Lucknow bench of Justices Rajnish Kumar and Babita Rani passed the order while hearing a writ petition filed by Neha and Anand Kumar seeking protection from alleged police harassment.

The court observed that if marriages of persons below the legally prescribed age are solemnised, all those involved in the process would be liable under the law.