Forced Divorce
Querist :
Anonymous
(Querist) 25 June 2018
This query is : Resolved
Hi,
My query is related to annulment of forced marriage and looking for some guidance on legal side. This would take some time.
My gf had to marry a guy from his college on 20th Feb this year, who she had asked her parents for marriage 4 years back.
But later when I met with her, I liked her, she is one amazing selfless woman, I asked her out and after one year she said yes.
We were good together. But since her family would not allow me because I do not belong to their community(we both are Hindu).
She made a practical decision to go ahead with that marriage. I was not aware of this, she was scared to tell me thinking of how she would handle that situation of telling me all this.
She told me 45 days before the marriage, we both tried hard, but her family did not agree, I talked to the guy, but he also did not agree thinking of family disrespect.
Her family threatening her of not accepting her as them, giving emotional pressure of all that drama that they would kill themselves, they threatened me too. She choked up.
Now 4 months after marriage, she is in depression, has tried to kill herself twice. I am too worried, that what to do, because on her their is huge pressure, it is not an easy thing, her family still threatens her that she will have to stay in the marriage.
Her husband knows everything, we had told him, but his family does not about all this.
I am worried for her, what should not be done, there is this gut feeling, that this is not right, what is happening.
Any help, advice or suggestion would be appreciated.
Thanks
Querist :
Anonymous
(Querist) 25 June 2018
Sorry for the Subject Typo, it is:
Forced Marriage.
Guest
(Expert) 25 June 2018
Other man's money and other man's wife would be poison.
Guest
(Expert) 25 June 2018
You are no one and have no right to interfere in other family affairs.
Guest
(Expert) 25 June 2018
Better Stay out of this other wise you might face the consequences.
Guest
(Expert) 25 June 2018
Real Love is Sacrifice == Sacrificing the Love it self.
Vijay Raj Mahajan
(Expert) 25 June 2018
Forced marriage or not, now she is married to a person so leave her at her fate, whether she survives with the marriage of get it dissolved its her out look, you should mind your business.
Your unnecessary interference in her matrimonial life will lead you to big trouble. Her husband knowing your affairs with her before their marriage and now if he discovers your meeting or keeping in touch with her, he will not mind filling criminal complaint against you u/s 497 IPC for adultery, whether that complaint fails ultimately but the trouble for you and involvement in criminal prosecution will be barring your further achievement and progress in the life for number of years.
If she's not happy with marriage let her tell the husband for dissolving the marriage with decree of annulment or divorce by mutual understanding, that can be best solution, but if her husband not agreeing to this, nothing can be done for now as the case for annulment of marriage on the ground of force or fraud may not succeed in the present circumstance with hardly any proof of force or fraud for taking her consent for marriage.
K Rajasekharan
(Expert) 25 June 2018
You have absolutely no right to interfere in the matters relating to her life, even though her marriage was a forced one.
Your solemn duty now is to leave them to their destiny whatever it be.
