JODHPUR: A family court here on Thursday annulled the child marriage of a now 20-year-old girl. She had been married at the age of 2 years during a family function and had been under pressure from in-laws to go to their place.
She had filed an application for annulment of her marriage in a family court here in November and presiding officer of the court Mahendra Kumar Singhal finally passed a decree for annulment of the marriage.
According to Kriti Bharti of Sarthi Trust, Nimbu (name changed) from Baap tehsil of Jodhpur had been married to a boy from Bikaner in 2002, when she was about 2 years.
“After turning 18, her in-laws had been constantly exerting pressure on her parents and community for her departure to her in-laws,” said Bharti.
She had not accepted this marriage and was consistently refusing to go to her husband’s house with support of her parents.
Bharti said the in-laws, their relatives and caste panch had started threatening her and her parents to banish them from society.
Somehow, she contacted the trust and shared her situation with them, which first tried to counsel her in-laws and husband, but when they did not come around, Nimbu finally filed application for annulment of her child marriage.
Delighted after the decision of the court, she said that she was free now to pursue her dreams of life and expressed her wish to study to become a police officer.
Bharti said the trust has now been putting in efforts for her rehabilitation and realisation of her dream.