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UMy cousin (27F) recently got married through arrange marriage route. She and her family live in a village and aren’t much educated. Before and during the wedding itself, there were few red flags in the guy which she and her family ignored. The guy was feeling extremely drowsy during wedding for which we got him treated at a hospital. His family told us that he had not eaten or slept well during the days leading to the wedding and that might be the reason. We actually suggested to postpone the wedding, but my cousin and her parents were adamant that wedding should happen on the same day. So the wedding happened and everyone was happy at that moment.
During the first night, the guy told my cousin that he is doing some vrat, because of which he can’t touch my cousin. Since he was also recovering from the drowsiness he faced during wedding, she didn’t question him much and didn’t tell about this to her family as well. She was waiting for him to initiate intimacy at some level, but that wasn’t happening at all. Later she observed that he was getting multiple calls from a girl and questioned him about it. At that point he has confessed that he had a gf before marriage, and he broke up with her and is trying to move on from her. My cousin has told him that she won’t mind his past if he is ready to move on. After that, they both came to her village for a festival, after which he went back alone citing some important work. After that, he has not called her, or even responded to her multiple calls. Even his parents weren’t responding to her calls. At some point he has picked her call and a fight has happened between them, in which he has indirectly indicated that he doesn’t want her in his life. At this point both sets of parents have gotten involved and my cousin has told her parents everything that has happened after marriage. After this, both set of families have met, and we asked the guy why he is behaving this way? He gave some vague reasons and tried to blame my cousin. After few arguments and lot of questioning from our side, he told in front of everyone that he doesn’t want to continue with this marriage. We told him and his family that he can’t just do all this and walk away from this simply like that since the victim in all this is my cousin. We demanded that his family should compensate for the wedding expenses borne by the girl’s family. We even got his signature on a stamp paper in which it was mentioned that he married due to his parents pressure even though he liked another girl, and now he will compensate her for wedding expenses and will financially support her after divorce (we don’t know how much of value this will hold in court).
Now his family is not responding to our calls. So we have decided to take legal action. Want to know what are my cousin’s legal options here to get justice. Different lawyers are saying different things. We don’t know whether she’ll be able to recover from this trauma. Thankfully she has not left her job (even though it pays peanuts). Is it possible for her to get marriage expenses reimbursed from them? Can she get alimony in this case? Need expert opinions on this.
TLDR: Guy who married my cousin under parent’s pressure, while being in love with another girl, is refusing to accept my cousin as his wife. Want to know what are my cousin’s legal options to get justice in this case.
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