Hi ,

My name is kalpana and i have a query regarding my wedding being cancelled by the groom and his family.I will give the sequence of events and let me know what legal action can be taken against them

1. It is an arranged marriage through a matrimony bureau

2. Groom and his parents visit my family on March 18th .Next day they call my family and say they are interested and horoscopes also matched perfectly.

3 March 25th my parents and sister visit their place in bangalore. Everything seems suitable.

4. April 1st groom and some of their relatives visit our place again.Engagement is fixed on April 8th.

5. April 8th we get engaged in a lavish hotel and i leave to europe on april 11th on my office work for 3 months assignment.

6 First 10 days things went well. Me and the groom were in contact over phone and internet video chatting

7.After few days he starts fighting and demanding things like electronic goods and to transfer my foreign currency euros to his account. I being a little short tempered sent him a message saying i will talk to my parents regarding this and to call off the wedding.

8. He says sorry for all that happened and continues to be good.Our wedding date is Fixed on OCT 28th and wedding hall is also booked by my dad.He demands to send me watches,shoes through online shopping and i gift him whatever he asked.

9. In June he again demands to transfer 10,000 INR to his account to clear off his credit card bills. I transfer the money to his account.

10. Few days later he starts fighting for unwanted reasons saying i do not respect his family,i dont greet them on video chat and stupid reasons.

11. I leave to France on a vacation and he again demands me to get expensive perfumes,watched and electronic items. I purchase them for him.

12. In July he plans to buy a new car. He runs short of money for the down payment and demands me to transfer 55,0000 INR .I transfer the amount to his account.He then started making vulgar request on video chatting and everyday night he wanted me to remove my clothes in front of the camera.He types this on the chat and i have only that as proof.I can’t tolerate this harassment and fight with him whenever he made such request.

13. After couple of weeks he picks up a fight over a small issue about me buying clothes for my relatives and not for him .Which i had planned to buy.This led to a big argument.

14.I inform my mother about this fight and she advices me to keep silent for time being.

15. Simultaneously he informs his parents.

16.His parents make a sudden visit to my house and discuss about the fight and misunderstanding. During the discussion his parents demand for 10lakhs to be given to pay off the car money.My parents refused to give since they are against dowry. Groom’s parents tell them let your daughter come back and we will discuss about the wedding. My parents are shattered and inform me about this.

17. Immediately i called him and asked what is happening .He says i have informed my parents and they took this decision.I talk to his mother on video chat she tells me “we have few terms and conditions and if you agree to it we will go forward with wedding else we will end it short and sweet”. I am broken and tell her not to do it. She argues and shouts at me.

18. Next day my mother calls the groom to talk but his mother picks the phone and says they don’t want to go ahead with this wedding and blame me for the breaking.Disappointed and angered by this my parents call the groom and tell him that he should face the consequence if he is breaking the wedding at this stage.

19. Groom gets scared and transfers back the 65,000 rupees to my account without my knowledge.He stops all means of communication with me and my family.

20. I get tensed with these events and cut short my assignment and return to India on Aug 10th.

21. My dad calls the groom’s father and informs him about my return. Groom’s dad says we can meet on Sunday August 26th to sort out the issues.He assures my dad saying its going to be only his wife ,himself and the groom and our family (my dad,my mother,sister ,myself) and he tells us a venue

22. We meet them at the mentioned place and to our surprise we see more than 30 people there who are their relatives .They started abusing me and my family and called off the wedding saying horoscope does not match.Groom shouts at me saying i am unfit to marry him because i fight on silly issues and that even if we get married he will divorce me within 3months .He also shows the sms i sent during the first fight saying i was the one who first told him to call off the wedding.I kneel down and cry infront of so many people nobody except my family consoled me and took me away.

23. After a few days one of their family friend comes and returns all the gifts,engagement ring and my laptop. My parents give back engagement saree,ring and cosmetics that was given as part of engagement ritual.

24. After this there has been no contact between us.

We are shattered with the way things have turned out. I cancelled my assignment and returned hoping things will be sorted.But they cheated us and cancelled the wedding giving silly reasons.My whole family was harassed by this mob which his father had got.I am into depression and i have not recovered from it and not able to digest what has happened.At this point i don’t know what legal action can be taken and what can be its consequence. Need your assistance .PLEASE!!

Regards,

Kalpana