If you got married in Madhya Pradesh in May 2021, during the state's COVID-19 lockdown restrictions, then you may not be issued a marriage certificate. The Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in the state plans to punish those who broke the coronavirus curbs and went ahead and got married. The Madhya Pradesh government had imposed curbs in the state which also included a ban on weddings in the month of May, as COVID cases surged in the state. A few district collectors also issued a separate order to declare such marriages illegal and asked the registrar's office not to issue any certificates for marriages that took place in May. Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh reported 1,977 new cases on Thursday, taking the total case tally to 7,73,855.

Source: dna May 27, 2021 17:03 UTC