Munnabhai - Sanjay Dutt’s registered marriage with his friend Manyata might face legal problems. Legal experts says it is a violation of the Muslim Personal Law (MPL). Munnabhai and Manyata had a court marriage on 7th Feb ’08 in Goa.
As per MPL, a Muslim woman cannot marry a man of any other religion unless she converts herself to the religion of her would-be husband or vice-versa, Bombay High Court advocate and MPL expert Neelofar S. Akhtar said here Saturday.
In the case of Manyata, a Muslim by birth, there is no proof that she converted to Hinduism before she married Dutt, save for the fact that she had earlier adopted a Hindu name, Akhtar told IANS.
Manyata’s ex-husband, Meeraj-ur-Rehman, moved a petition in the Bandra Magistrate’s court that his marriage with Manyata has not been dissolved as there was no divorce. As per sources, Neelofar said he must have filed for restoration of conjugal right provided he is having a nikaahnama (marriage certificate).
Neelofar said if Rehman has not divorced Manyata nor has she sought khula (divorce at her behest). This makes her marriage with Sanjay illegal. Now the case would depend on whether Manyata can produce the official talaaqnaama (divorce certificate), or khulanama (divorce at wife’s behest), or mubarranama (divorce by mutual consent). Additionally, Neelofar said while the duo’s marriage in Goa is proper, the marriage certificate issued by the Goa marriage registrar could be struck down as illegal. “This is because though a person can get married anywhere in India under the Special Marriages Act, the marriage can be registered only in the state where he or she is domiciled.”
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