Foreign Marriage
Keywords:
Foreign Marriage Act, Conflict, Matrimonial Relief, Dissolution, Complexity.Abstract
The paper deals with the procedure of marriage under the FM Act and mostly with NRI marriages. The intent of this paper is to understand the issues which arise with the NRI marriage, the conflict for matrimonial relief, procedure and the complexity that arises at the time of the dissolution of marriage, and the complexity that arises due to lack of private international law. The paper further analyses the complexity that arises due to a foreign judgment, ex parte decree of divorce in foreign court and the law relating to dissolution of marriage in India as well abroad and the validity of foreign decree in an Indian court.
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