To be or knot to be
ByVallabh OzarkarVallabh Ozarkar / Updated: Dec 27, 2020, 06:00 IST
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The covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown imposed to manage it have not only affected businesses and the economy, but have also put a spoke in the
wedding plans of thousands of Indians.
Figures available till November show weddings under the
Special Marriage Act have dropped by 50 per cent in Mumbai. In November 2019, 1,163 people tied the knot under the Special Marriage Act and under Section 16 of the
Marriage Registration Act. This year, however, only 682 weddings had been registered till November.
Similarly, there was a 50 per cent drop in marriages registered under the