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Ahmedabad,
July 23: It was another case of a bride left in the lurch
by her NRI husband. But this time a family court in Ahmedabad,
hearing the case, ruled in favour of 25-year-old Krishna Vinodchandra
Shah. The court ordered restitution of conjugal rights, which
meant that the husband who deserted her over two years ago
for no fault of hers had to take her back.
Krishna
who was married to Vishal Shah, an NRI from Australia and
son of Dr Chandrakanat Shah from Dehgam in November 2003,
spent four months of a " happy wedded life" before Vishal
left for Australia in February 2004. He had promised to take
her to Australia with him and even asked her to apply for
a visa.
Krishna
waited for a year for her visa to materialise only to learn
from the Australian High Commission that her sponsorship application
had been cancelled. Shattered, Krishna filed an case with
the family court in Ahmedabad which directed her to send a
public notice to her husband to appear in court. Vishal" s
parents were called but even they refused to divulge information
about their son.
Meanwhile,
Vishal saw the notice and his photograph in Australian newspaper
and fearing problems filed a divorce application in an Australian
court. Krishna then explained her case to the Magistrate Court
of Australia following which Vishal withdrew the divorce application.
The family court in Ahmedabad finally gave the judgement in
favour of Krishna. But her request for maintenance for the
period of two years in which she was abandoned by her husband
was not entertained by the court. Advocate Satyajit Sen, who
guided Krishna on filing her response to the Australian court
against the divorce application filed by Vishal, said, " " It
is very disheartening to know that educated girls like Krishna
fall prey to such people." " Krishna, who has an MBA in
Marketing from Chimanbhai Patel Institute was earlier working
with Cipla Pharma. She quit her job after marriage. Krishna
claims her family gave the dowry demanded. “However, Vishal
again demanded money and wanted my parents to pay for his
rent in Australia and other expenses which I refused. Angry
at this, he cancelled my sponsorship," " she says. -
Express India
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