Originally posted by: dramacrazy12
@Bold: Actually this is a very grey area from many aspects.
1) I actually went back and saw the unsavory unwedding episode...while RK says that he unweds Madhu at mandap and humiliates her femininity...he does not breath a word about it when at chawl...all he says he is leaving her forever...status unknown. When Paddy comes to mano him...he tells her he wants Madhu to feel the weight of this relationship for entire life with its hollowness which is to say she is married but is forced to live like a widow. The next day Madhu tells press that they are estranged and separated not divorce. Generally speaking saying that I unwed you or divorce you does not mean unwedding...the relationship still holds. Hindu religion allows for no provision of divorce and from legal perspective you have to be separated for a certain amount of time (6 months) for divorce to be finalized.
4)It is unclear what the status of thier marraige was...she did not dispute when she was referred as RK's wife on set...she returns back and resumes her role and title as his wife...crazy unless...the couple believed in thier heart that they were still wed.
For the sake of simplicity I assume that they were married...because if I assume she was unmarried then that makes her return and seductive behaviour very sick.
I wrote this in another thread...acc. to the Indian laws and Hindu marriage Act, the marriage in which any of the rituals is incomplete is not considered a proper marriage...so we can safely assume that RK and Madhu were in a live in relationship..now there was a ruling by Supreme Court in 2012 that in a live in relationship , if the couple declare themselves as husband wife and the society sees them as a couple , they are living with each other for a considerable period of time (i think 2 years or more) then the normal marriage laws apply !! means that the girl can claim rights over the property , ask for alimony and their children are not illegitimate...this law comes under the Domestic Violence act which protects the rights of women in live relationships ! this wud be known as "relationship in the nature of marriage" and not "live in relationship"
"The Supreme Court of India has noted that just any 'live-in relationship' does not entitle a woman to alimony. To make a 'live-in' legal the Supreme Court says that the couple must hold themselves out to society as being akin to spouses; they must be of legal age to marry; they must be otherwise qualified to enter into a legal marriage, including being unmarried; and they must have voluntarily cohabited for a significant period of time. In August this year, a Division Bench of the Supreme Court ruled that a live-in which has been long lasting will be considered as marriage and children born out of it are not illegitimate"
I'll clarify here that MB CV's have been following their own story..the above piece of info is for GK...I personally assume that RK and Madhu are married bec. RK gave her that position in the society, accepted her as his biwi and Madhu accepted RK as her husband and live with him as his wife...even after the unwedding, what she's been doing, there is no doubt left that she considers herself married to RK..she even made a public declaration and in private, she's all romantic with RK...she surrendered herself to him knowing that they didn't complete the marriage vows...
if a man deserts his wife, no marriage law can force him but there are laws to protect her rights...itna complicated rishta where they can leave and come back to each other at a person's whim, i dun think they have ever shown it in any tv serial...even ekta kapoor didn't mess with the shadi aspect..whether a girl is getting married 4 or 5 times, at least there was a proper wedding...Puja, i agree with you, they must show Madhu marrying one of them...i said it long back that this is the best way to restore Madhu's respect in the society...
Edited by _charu_ - 12 years ago