Legal Question in Family Law in India

A boy met a girl through matrimony portal talked and discussed for marriage. After involving parents boy's parents denied for marriage, slowly the girl stopped being in contact with the boy. As both was from different cities. After 6 months boy again approached girl and started convincing for marriage giving lot of gentlemen promises, also managed to convince his parents. Boy's parents called up girl's parent and initiated talks again for marriage, finally in few days marriage-day finalised for hardly a fortnight away.

Though according to their custom generally girl don't go to in-laws place just the next day but again few rituals and holy day use to be decided and further to that ritual the girl use to leave parent's home for boy or his parents home.

That ritual was yet due but only after 5-6 days of marriage boy started asking for divorce on grounds of the marriage preparations was not according to his standards. the girl though he must be joking and don't even involved her parents of any body else in family. The groom continued to say the same thing again and again and started torturing the girl with words. After a month or so when things started going out of tolerance for girl she said all this to few of her family elders, they contacted groom's parents they said go and convince the groom by fulfilling whatever he want.

All talks failed the groom in the mean while shifted to other country without giving any contact details to any one.

Its been 3 years, the Groom again contacted Bride and said how do you want separation? mutually or forcefully by filing a case?

We are from Bride side need legal advice from law experts. The Groom has literally spoiled Bride's life and that too with out even the ritual to take her with him or without living with him.

Kindly advice the ways we can think of....


Asked on 1/10/10, 8:16 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
RAJIV GUPTA (Cell: +91 9811284735) [email protected]

this is a case where annulment of marriage can be prayed for and the marriage would be declared void ab initio. the circumstances are to be pleaded for getting the decree of annulment. furthermore, compensation can be sought for the mental torture and agony caused to the girl and she can file a complaint under domestic violence act in this regard and domestic violence is considered an offence in most of the countries.

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Answered on 1/10/10, 9:29 am


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