Interesting post! Now I am no lawyer, so I can't say I understood everything you posted, but whatever I did understand alarmed me quite a bit.
Let me use another example from the show to explain why.
Uma (Vividha's mother) loved someone else and was forced to marry Kailash. Now Uma (as a character) was too timid to consider stepping out of that marriage, but hypothetically speaking, let's assume she wanted to. From what you are saying, the law would not be on her side even if she tried.
Obviously someone like Kailash would never consent to a divorce. Does that mean poor Uma would have to wait until he abuses her, just so she would have grounds for divorce? ๐ฒ
Frankly, if these are the laws of my country, then I am genuinely afraid both as an Indian citizen and as a woman, because clearly it seems like, the law would do absolutely nothing to protect me until it was too late. Guess I should just feel thankful I'm not Uma then and either pray that I'm never in such a situation or consider moving to another country where I will be protected if I ever am.
Thank you TM for enlightening me. Lost whatever little faith I had in the Indian judicial system after this sadly though.
Edited by 13thwish - 9 years ago