PETITION OF WIFE FOR DECREE OF

NULLITY OF MARRIAGE

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(See sections 18 and 19)

 

 

 

 

In the High Court of..................

 

………………………………….. ............................................................. Petitioner 

versus 

 

…………………………………………………………………………........................ Respondent 

 

To the Hon'ble Justice ………………………............ or to the Judge of........................................... 

 

 

The humble petition of ……………………………………………. of 

 Name……………………………………………………………………………..  Occupation………………………………………………..…………………..

 Address ……………………………………………………….…………………

 

 

SHWETH: 

 

1.  That the parties of all material times per these proceedings were at present Christian by faith/religion. 

 

2.  That on the.................. day of….............. your petitioner, then a spinster, aged about...........years went through an alleged marriage with the respondent (at someplace in India, state the place) and since that date known as factually married, though not per law, to……………….., then a bachelor of about 30 years of age. 

 

3.  That since that marriage on the ............ day of............... and until the ............ day of............ petitioner and the respondent cohabited and lived to together at various places such as ...............

 and lastly at............................... . 

 

4.  That said …………..has never sexually celebrated the said pretended marriage by sexual inter course. 

 

5.  That at the time of the celebration of your petitioner's said alleged marriage, the said …………… was and still his impotency/malformation, legally incompetent to enter into the contract of marriage. 

 

(State other reason if applicable, e.g., prohibited degree, lunacy, idiocy, etc.) 

 

6.  That there is no connivance/collusion between the parties with respect to the subject of these proceedings. 

 

Your petitioner hence prays that this (Hon’ble) Court might be pleased to declare the said marriage as nullity. 

 

Signed ……………….

 

Verification.

 

 

 

I, ……………………….. daughter of ……………............... aged ............... by occupation service residing 

at............................................................................ do hereby solemnly affirm and say as follows: 

 

I am the petitioner above-named and I know the facts and circumstances of this case. 

 

The statements made in paragraphs Nos. 1 to 6 of the petition are true to my best knowledge and 

belief and that I have not suppressed any material fact. 

 

I sign this verification on this .................. day of ............... at the Court House at............... 

 

…………………………. 

 

Before me 

 

Notary 

 

Signature 

 

Advocate 

 


 [CD1]

PETITION OF WIFE FOR DECREE OF

NULLITY OF MARRIAGE