Hirani v Hirani
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judge | LORD JUSTICE ORMROD,LORD JUSTICE WATKINS,MR. JUSTICE FRENCH |
| Judgment Date | 05 May 1982 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [1982] EWCA Civ J0505-2 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Civil Division) |
| Docket Number | 82/0187 |
| Date | 05 May 1982 |
[1982] EWCA Civ J0505-2
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE
COURT OF APPEAL
ON APPEAL FROM THE DIVORCE REGISTRY
(His Honour Judge Roger Willis)
Royal Courts of Justice
Lord Justice Ormrod
Lord Justice Watkins
and
Mr. Justice French
82/0187
133348 1981
MR. JOHN FOX (instructed by Messrs Jack Bernstein & Co., solicitors, London) appeared on behalf of the Appellant (Petitioner).
THE RESPONDENT did not appear and was not represented.
This is an appeal by a wife petitioner from a judgment of His Honour Judge Roger Willis on 11th February 1982 sitting in the Family Division. He had before him an undefended petition by the wife for a decree of nullity on the ground that she had entered into the marriage under duress, the duress being exerted by her parents. Although it was an undefended suit the learned judge rejected the petition and dismissed it. The wife now appeals.
The brief facts are these. At the time the wife was 19 years of age, living with her parents in England. They are Indian Hindus. She made the acquaintance of a young Indian, Mr. Hussain, who is a Muslim. Her parents were very upset when they discovered this and naturally objected to her association with this man. According to Mrs. Hirani's evidence, which the learned judge accepted, her parents immediately made arrangements for her to marry Mr. Hirani. That was in early January 1981. Her evidence went on to say that she had never seen Mr. Hirani, nor indeed had her parents ever seen Mr. Hirani, but, within a fortnight of that first conversation, they had arranged for her to marry Mr. Hirani at a registry office on 17th January. They put great pressure on her to go through with this ceremony, the threat being: "You want to marry somebody who is strictly against our religion; he is a Muslim, you are a Hindu; you had better marry somebody we want you to, otherwise pack up your belongings and go. If you do not want to marry Mr. Hirani and you want to marry Mr. Hussain, go." Of course, she had no place to go and no means of supporting herself at that age and in those circumstances if she did leave the family home, and so, in spite of her opposition, she was forced to go through with the civil ceremony and after that she returned to her parents. She did not go to live with her husband until after the subsequent religious ceremony which took place on 27th February. She said that she was crying all the way through it and was utterly miserable, but after that ceremony she did live with Mr. Hirani for six weeks. After that she left and went to Mr. Hussain. She has never been back and there was no...
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