Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs has decided to publicise the importance of verifying the antecedents of prospective NRI grooms.
NEW DELHI: For women who unknowingly step into marriage traps laid out by some NRIs, the government has extended a helping hand. Concerned by the regular complaints of cheating and abandonment registered by Indian women married to NRIs, the government has decided to provide legal assistance and counseling to the women victims through Indian missions and NGOs.
The ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (OIA) has decided to strongly publicise the importance of verifying the antecedents of prospective NRI bridegrooms and their parents, their employment and marital status, earlier marriage, divorce and financial positions.
Since the efficacy of the Indian legal system is limited, the government has come out with guidelines to help alliance seekers and to those already married to NRIs. While it has been suggested to get marriages with NRIs registered, brides have also been advised to keep all original papers including passports and affidavit of spouses giving present marital status along with insurance documents.
But all this is with a word of advice to not use the dowry laws and laws on cruelty as a weapon to harass. It doesn’t pay in the long term.
The OIA ministry has been regularly receiving complaints from Indian missions abroad regarding cases of fraudulent marriages and cheating.
Many cases also related to physical abuse of women on foreign soil.
Among typical cases of frauds is abandonment of a woman married to an overseas Indian even before she reaches the foreign country.
To prevent all such mishaps, the Supreme Court has recommended the registration of all marriages as compulsory where NRI grooms are involved. However, very few states have followed the order.
The government is setting up Overseas Indian Centres in locations where there is significant presence of Indian population. To start with five centres —— one each in US, Gulf, Europe, Africa and South East Asia —— is being set up. These centres will provide legal, medical and social counselling to those who face problems of fake, fraudulent or failed marriages and will operate helplines to respond to women who are facing difficulties in marriages.
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