PETITION OF WIFE FOR ANNULMENT OF VOID MARRIAGE





IN THE COURT OF THE DISTRICT JUDGE, ______________



Matrimonial Petition No._______ of 20 _______



Smt _______

Petitioner;

Versus



1. Shri _______

2. Smt _______

Respondents.

The petitioner, abovenamed, states as follows :

1. The petitioner and Respondent No. 1 were married on _______at _______ and the parties were and are Hindus.

2. After the aforesaid marriage, the petitioner and the respondent lived as man and wife at the house of Respondent No. 1 at _______ until _______

3. On _______ or thereabout, the father of Respondent No. 2, Shri _______ came to the petitioner’s matrimonial home and claimed that his daughter, Respondent No. 2, was married to Respondent No. 1 and he refused or neglected to live with her.

4. Alarmed by the disclosure the petitioner asked her brother to investigate if the claim of Respondent No. 2 was in fact true. On investigation she learnt from her brother, Shri _______, that the claim of Respondent No. 2 that she was married to Respondent No. 1 about 10 years back is correct.

5. On or about the_______, the petitioner asked Respondent No. 1 about his marriage with Respondent No. 2 but his answers were evasive verging on defiance. Dissatisfied with the answers of Respondent No. 1’s marriage with Respondent No. 2 and believing the information given by her brother the petitioner left her matrimonial home on. _______ and she has been living with her parents.

6. As the marriage was solemnized at _______, this Court has jurisdiction to entertain this petition.

The petitioner, therefore, prays :

(a) the petitioner’s marriage with the respondent be declared null and void;

(b) the petitioner be awarded permanent alimony :

(c) such other relief as the circumstances of the case justify.

_____________________

Petitioner.

I, _______ petitioner abovenamed, do hereby declare that the contents of Paras 1 to 6 are true to my knowledge.

Verified at _______ on the date after my signature.

Dated. _______. Petitioner.