Since 2015, more than 11,000 women married to Indians abroad have approached India’s foreign missions with complaints of domestic crises. Many cases involve allegations of fraud and abuse. But in most instances, overseas officials are able to do only so much to help.

All marriages between Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) or Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) and Indian citizens should be compulsorily registered in India, the Law Commission recommended to the Union government on Friday.

This report aims to evaluate the processes and implementation mechanisms of judicial waivers across different jurisdictions.

By the end of 1970-71, about 19% of the total number of couples in the reproductive age-group, estimated to be I