• Divorce Decree, Divorce Certificate, Single Status certificate

I got my divorce decree in Feb 2019, from Family Courts in Rohini Delhi. The decree had a couple of mistakes. For example, my ex-wife's name is mentioned as Mr instead of Miss. And on another page, there is a spelling mistake in her name. I want to get this corrected because I need a single status certificate and a divorce certificate

 I need to know the following details

How to get the decree and the judgment corrected from the court. My lawyer is not ready to get it done.
How to get a single status certificate as I want to get married outside India
How to get a Divorce certificate as it is a requirement at my finances country courts
How to get all these documents stamped from apostille. 
What will be the charges for all these services

I request you to provide me concrete answers.

Thank you
Asked 4 years ago in Family Law
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17 Answers

You can file a miscellaneous application for rectification of the same before the Court. There are no charges

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
31946 Answers
179 Consultations

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See you can file an application before the correct for correction of typographical errors.

See there is no single status certificate issue you can make an affidavit for same and get it notarized.

Divorce Decree is divorce certificate no separate certificate for same is issued.

For the Apostille you need to apply Ministry of External Affairs.

Shubham Jhajharia
Advocate, Ahmedabad
25514 Answers
179 Consultations

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You have to make application to family court for speaking to minutes of order 

 

2) mention these are the mistakes and judge will pass orders to correct the same 

 

3) certified copy of divorce decree would suffice for going abroad 

 

4) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is the exclusive authority of issuing ApostilleStamp Sticker to the documents issued in India. The Apostilled documents are valid only in The Hague Convention Countries

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
94712 Answers
7530 Consultations

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1) You can file an application (Party in person) before the concerned court alongwith the copy of order and seek correction.  Mere typographical error does not make any impact.

2)  Certified copy of Orders passed in your case is enough.

3) Stamping / Apostille is done by Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), once it is done, your document is accepted outside.

4) (1) & (2) it will be minimal.

 

S Srinivasa Prasad
Advocate, Hyderabad
2876 Answers
9 Consultations

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Increase your advocate is not ready to get the rectification in the certificate then you need to find out another advocate and file your  same court for rectification in the order.

Singlehood certificate is nothing but an affidavit by you attested by embassy you can get all these documents verified by the Indian Embassy in the country where you are living in.

there are certain charges depending upon the country to country based on the exchange rate that you have to deposit before you get the document attested from the embassy.

divorced certificate is the copy of the Divorce decree that Court order you get it attested from the embassy

Vimlesh Prasad Mishra
Advocate, Lucknow
6852 Answers
23 Consultations

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1. apply for rectification in the ju7dgement/decree by making an application to the issuing judge,

2. an affidavit duly attested would work as a single status certificate,

3. Divorce judgement/decree is your divorce certificate,

4. stamping is done by the Ministry of external affair, approach them through own or through any consultant,

5. charges depends upon the person engaged 

Suneel Moudgil
Advocate, Panipat
2381 Answers
6 Consultations

4.8 on 5.0

You can get rectified order from Rohini court itself, kindly meet registrar of the rohini court and get the correct order from them.

Divorce certificate is the same you can shaw as divorcee. The name suggests as a single.

 

 

 

Ganesh Kadam
Advocate, Pune
12930 Answers
255 Consultations

4.9 on 5.0

1. You have to apply to the court to amend the decree by rectifying the error.

2. If your lawyer is not ready then engage another lawyer.

3. There is no authority in India which issues single status certificate. The decree is sufficient to prove that your marriage is dissolved and if you give a sworn affidavit of being single it should suffice.

4. We cannot tell you what the fee of your lawyer will be.

Ashish Davessar
Advocate, Jaipur
30763 Answers
972 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

Dear Concern,

Please note - 

01. You will have to move an application before same court seeking minor corrections in their order in respect to salutation and spelling mistakes. Court will allow that. There's no big deal in that. 

02. You will never get single status certificate. The only certificate which you will get is Divorcee certificate. 

03. In the same application seek permission from the court to pass an order for the concern SDM Court to issue you a Divorcee Certificate. The concern court will grant that prayer. Accordingly you can approach the SDM Court to get the Divorcee Certificate issued from the SDM court.

04. With the help of the certificate issued from the side of SDM Court approach any notary officer, get the affidavit prepared from his help which states that you are so and so, aged about so and so, resident of so and so and you were married to so and so and now you have been declared separated by the way of divorce decree passed by the court on so and so date which has been further corrected on so and so date and accordingly SDM Court has issued you certificate on so and so date. Hence you are now eligible to remarry any person of your choice in India and abroad. Get that affidavit notarised and you are done with your job. 

05. Each person will charge you separately for the steps underlined above. It is only the concern professional who can say how much is he or she is going to charge you. It's a general question and can't be answered in particular way.  

Pulkit Prakash
Advocate, Delhi
309 Answers
7 Consultations

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I can get the documents apostilled but let me know the name of country.

Dalip Singh
Advocate, New Delhi
1084 Answers
36 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

Have to file application u/s 152 for rectification of errors.

Yogendra Singh Rajawat
Advocate, Jaipur
22633 Answers
31 Consultations

4.4 on 5.0

1. You have got the decree in the year 2019. So, you can file an application for amending the decree (not correcting since Judges can do no wrong). You can talk to the concerned Court officer in this regard.

 

2. You can get an affidavit in connection with your single status based on which you can file an application to the MEA praying for issuing you the sigle status certificate which will be required by you for marrying out side of India.

 

3. You can get the certified copy of the decree of your divorce from the Court which is a valid document to prove that you have been legally divorced.

 

4. You can get copies of the said documents notarised by Notary Public in India.

 

5. The cost can not be presumed since it will vary from lawyer to lawyer. It could be completed within Rs.50 K to Rs.70 K. 

Krishna Kishore Ganguly
Advocate, Kolkata
27219 Answers
726 Consultations

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- For correcting such type of clerkical mistake , you should first get certified copy of the said Decree from the court , and further move an applicaton for correction before the same court.

- This Decree of Divorce is considered as Single Certificate , becuase after getting the same , now you become single/bechelor , and it is valid for all purposes as per law.

- Ask the Court staff for Decree sheet .

- You can get it apostile from the Ministry of External Affairs in Delhi.

Mohammed Shahzad
Advocate, Delhi
13219 Answers
198 Consultations

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You can file application under section 152 Civil Procedure Code for the correction of the Judgement before the court who has passed the order and judgement by attaching the certified copy of the judgement with the application

Mohammed Mujeeb
Advocate, Hyderabad
19299 Answers
32 Consultations

4.7 on 5.0

You can apply for modification of typo errors in the judgement of divorce.

For that you should ask your Advocate to make application for amendment of judgment and decree under section 152 of CPC.

Certified copy of order is your divorce certificate in India court doesn't issue separate divorce certificate or single status certificate.

You can make a single status affidavit and get it apostille.

 

Mohit Kapoor
Advocate, Rohtak
10687 Answers
7 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

You can approach the same court with a petition as party in person seeking amendments by listing out the rectifications to be carried out in the said judgment delivered by court.

 

You cannot get single status certificate from any authority in India, because there is no provision in law for that, moreover how can you claim single status when you are actually a divorcee?

 

There is no provision to get a divorce certificate also, the certified copy of the divorce judgment delivered by court shall be the authentic document to prove the dissolution of your marriage by a decree of divorce.

For getting the certified copy of the divorce decree Apostle, you may have to approach Ministry of Home affairs or external affairs.

 

The charges for such services shall be let known by the consultant you may consult.

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
84913 Answers
2195 Consultations

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Dear Sir,

Civil Procedure, 1908, the Court may correct the errors in the judgmentdecree or order, arising from any accidental slip ... Civil Procedure Code, 

Any party to such judgment, decree or order, as the case may be, has a right to apply at any time under Section 152 of the Code to the concerned Court for rectification of any arithmetical or/and 25 Page 26 clerical error in the judgment, decree or the order, as the case may be. 

Netravathi Kalaskar
Advocate, Bengaluru
4952 Answers
27 Consultations

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