High Court of Bombay at Goa Dismisses Writ Petition Seeking Cancellation of Marriage Certificate by Mandamus — No Statutory Duty on Registrar to Cancel Certificate After Divorce Decree. The court held that a writ of mandamus cannot be issued in the absence of a statutory duty, and the marriage certificate is merely a record of the fact of marriage, not automatically cancellable upon divorce....
The petitioner, Blinston Savio Fernandes, filed a Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the High Court of Bombay at Goa, seeking a Writ of Mandamus directing the Civil cu...
