Nusrat Jahan, Nikhil Jain's wedding not legally valid, rules Kolkata court

A court in Kolkata has declared a purported marriage between actress-turned-lawmaker Nusrat Jahan and city-based businessman Nikhil Jain in Turkey as legally invalid.

Jain had moved a suit before the Alipore Court in Kolkata praying for a decree of declaration that no marriage took place between him and Nusrat, who is a lawmaker of West Bengal's ruling party Trinamool Congress.

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"It is declared that the alleged marriage held on 19/06/2019 at Bodrum, Turkey, between the plaintiff and the defendant is not legally valid," Civil Judge S Roy of second court, Alipore, ordered on Tuesday.

The court noted in its order Jain's contention that he and Nusrat Jahan celebrated a wedding party in the presence of their close friends and relatives "following both Western and Indian style and rituals of Hindu marriage."

The court also noted that the marriage was never registered in Turkey.

Jain claimed that on returning to India, hey and Nusrat started residing together but the relation between them deteriorated subsequently and that she was not willing to continue the union.

It was further claimed that the parties to the suit, one being a Hindu and the other a Muslim, never got married under the Special Marriage Act, "so their consensual union cannot be treated as a marriage."

The court also noted that Nusrat Jahan prayed for a judgement, admitting the contentions of Jain regarding the purported marriage.

"Considering all aspects of the suit and in view of the admission made on part of the defendant, the court is of the opinion that the alleged marriage held between the parties to the suit is not legally valid," the court directed, disposing of the suit.