Boyfriend promised to marry but now he is marring some other girl?
04-Jan-2023 (In Divorce Law)
I have been in a living relationship with my boyfriend for more than 5 years and now my boyfriend is denying the fact that he promised me he would get married to me. Now he is all set to marry another girl of his parents choice. I understand that according to law any girl in a living relationship for more than two years is having equal rights that a legal wife has. How can I get justice? And claim my rights? Pls help.
I would like to inform you that latest Supreme Court judgement provides the safeguard to those who have been in a living relationship with his/her boyfriend. The partner of a live in relationship was first time accorded protection by the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, which considers females who are not formally married, but are living with a male person in a relationship, which is in the nature of marriage, also akin to wife, though not equivalent to wife. Section 2(f) of the Act defines domestic relationship which means a relationship between two persons who live or have, at any point of time, lived together in a shared household, when they are related by consanguinity, marriage, or through a relationship in the nature of marriage, adoption or are family members living together as a joint family. Thus, the definition of domestic relationship includes not only the relationship of marriage but also a relationship `in the nature of marriage. So we can file a case before the Competent Court to declaration of valid wife.
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