law: Indian Christian Marriage Act,1872 
  46. Petition when Marriage Registrar
  
  refuses certificate
  Whenever a Marriage
  
  Registrar refuses to issue a certificate under this Part, either of the parties
  
  intending marriage may apply by petition, where the district of such Registrar
  
  is within any of the towns of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, to a Judge of the
  
  High Court, or if such district is not within any of the said towns, then to
  
  the District Judge.
  Procedure on petition
  The said Judge of the
  
  High Court, or district Judge, as the case may be, may examine the allegations
  
  of the petition in a summary way, and shall decide thereon.
  The decision of such
  
  Judge of the High Court or district Judge, as the case may be, shall be final,
  
  and the Marriage Registrar to whom the application for the issue of a
  
  certificate was originally made shall proceed in accordance therewith.