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MP High Court Takes Up Challenge to Ex-Parte Divorce Won After Sister Was Portrayed as 'Second Wife'

The case tests how ex-parte divorces are verified in family courts.

Overview

  • The Gwalior bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court is hearing the husband's plea to set aside the one-sided divorce, NDTV reports.
  • In early April, he learned of the decree after living apart since 2015 and moved the court to challenge it.
  • The wife secured the 2021 order by submitting a group photo and identifying his sister as a supposed second wife.
  • The family court granted the decree without giving the husband a chance to present his side.
  • The dispute could tighten checks on evidence in ex-parte divorces, with India Today pointing to a 2019 Chhattisgarh ruling as background.