Petition by Wife for Annulment of Void Marriage

Petition by Wife for Annulment of Void Marriage

In the Court of Ms…………………………….,Family Courts, District………………., New Delhi

Ms. ………………… Petitioner

versus

The petitioner, abovenamed, states as follows :

The petitioner and Respondent No. 1 were married on _______at _______ and the parties were and are Hindus.
After the aforesaid marriage, the petitioner and the respondent lived as man and wife at the house of Respondent No. 1 at _______ until _______
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.
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.
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.
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 :

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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.