NRI Marriages

NRI Marriages

News: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has recommended a national helpline for women deserted in Non-Resident Indian (NRI) marriages and the need for a dedicated fund to provide assistance to them.

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• It also discussed ways to serve a non-bailable warrant against a male offender residing abroad who has abandoned his wife. Often, these men keep changing their address and it gets challenging to track them.
• Therefore, it recommended that a special website be set up, so that summons posted there are deemed as served on a person. Another way to track them would be through their social security number.
• Other matters discussed were ex-parte judgments on divorce obtained by husbands abroad, which are already addressed under Section 13 of the Civil Procedure Code that deals with conditions under which foreign judgments are not conclusive, he said.