Legal notice served for digitisation of marriage, divorce registrations

A legal notice was served today asking the government to digitise marriage and divorce registrations.

Rights organisation Aid for Men Foundation, and three victims, collectively sent the notice through lawyer Ishrat Hasan to the secretaries of ministries of law, information and technology and religious affairs, asking to take necessary measures in three days.

The three victims are Md Rakib Hasan -- former husband of Tamima Sultana who recently married cricketer Nasir Hossain -- Md Sohag Hossain and Md Kamrul Hasan, their lawyer Ishrat Hasan told The Daily Star.

Citing the notice, the lawyer said marriages and divorces are registered in accordance with the provisions of existing law which is an analog system.

As a result, any husband and wife whose marriage was registered in one jurisdiction can easily conceal it in another jurisdiction and enter into another marriage fraudulently concealing his or her previous marriage or marriages, lawyer Ishrat said.

She said the registration of marriages and divorces need to be preserved in a website. So, any man or woman before marriage will be able to verify using such website whether their spouse to-be have any previous marriage or divorce record, which will reduce thousands of cases.