Table of Contents The Secular Architecture of Civil Marriage in India Who May Marry Under the Special Marriage Act 1954 Marriage Officers: The Institutional Backbone The Notice Procedure: Thirty Days and the Public Record Objections to a Proposed Marriage Solemnisation: Form, Place, and Declaration The Marriage Certificate Consequences of a Civil Marriage Under the Act Registration of Pre-Existing Marriages The Act and Foreign Marriages Conclusion Frequently Asked Questions W

Table of Contents Introduction: The Plaint That Cannot Survive Its Own Allegations The Statutory Framework: Order VII Rule 11 and Its Grounds What Is a "Cause of Action" for This Purpose? The Pivotal Question: Notice Before Rejection? Order VI Rule 17 and the Right to Amend Before Rejection The Inquiry at the Rejection Stage: Its Scope and Limits Rejection Order as a Decree: Appellate Consequences Overlap with Order II Rule 2: The Bar on Splitting Causes of Action Practical G

Table of Contents The Jurisdictional Puzzle of Modern Crime The Foundational Principle: Locality of Offence, Not Nationality The Four Provisions in Section 1 IPC — Mapped to the BNS The Five Categories of Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction The Mobarik Ali Ahmed Principle: Locality, Not Physical Presence Exemptions from Jurisdiction Conspiracy and Jurisdiction: The Continuing Offence Doctrine Jurisdiction Over Related Offences When the Principal Offence Is Outside India The Centra

Table of Contents The City That Required Its Own Magistracy Section 2(k) CrPC: The Definition of Metropolitan Area Section 8 CrPC: How a Metropolitan Area Is Created and Lost Section 7 CrPC: Metropolitan Area as a Separate Sessions Division and District Historical Background: From Presidency Magistrates to Metropolitan Magistrates The Constitutional Basis: Articles 236 and 237 The Architecture of the Metropolitan Magistracy: Sections 16–19 CrPC Section 3 CrPC: The Constructio