Posting this on behalf of a friend.
Need advice on divorce procedures based on the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.
Her marriage is a mere compromise. She loved someone else, but failed to convince her parents and was forced to marry someone else. Her husband abuses her emotionally and has physically abused her a couple of times too. He threatens to kill her quite often. She can't file a police complaint against him either because of his influence in most of the police stations around. Her parents aren't willing to offer any support either. She doesn't love him, neither does she allow him to have any physical relationship with her.
What grounds could she divorce him? What precautions should she consider? She wishes to divorce him. The husband, however, shall refuse.
Also she's in touch with her lover who would like to support her through this. Could he be in any kind of trouble? Is it safe for them to meet or talk over the phone? What could her husband do make things worst?
