These were based on a report published by the Law Commission of India on July 4, called “Compulsory Registration of Marriages”. The report was prepared under the leadership of retired Supreme Court judge, Justice BS Chauhan. Currently it is not legally mandatory to register marriages in the country. However, the Law Ministry had approached the Law Commission in February seeking their suggestion on if there was a need for a separate law for making registering marriages compulsory. In its report, the commission recommended that there was no need for a separate law and this could be included as an amendment under the current Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1969. The reason for documenting marriages was to prevent cases of bigamy, gender violence and child marriages.