When govt controls your wedding list

When govt controls your wedding list

The Jammu and Kashmir government's decision to bring marriages under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, has thrown cold water over a lot of ceremonies planned this summer. The act empowers the government to "regulate the number of guests and menu at any marriage function in the state". Under the act, families have to inform police and the department of Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs about the number of guests and menu. Those violating the law can be jailed for three years.
"The minister has failed at every front of public distribution system in the state and is now trying to enforce his writ by reviving a dead law," says a state official wishing anonymity.

Wonder whats next - A ban on marriages itself??