KOLKATA, India – An Indian man who took an impersonator to court to get a divorce faces legal action after his real wife found out, lawyers said on Friday.
Sanjib Saha presented a woman as his wife in a lower court in the eastern city of Kolkata this month. Both said they sought a mutual divorce, something the court granted immediately.Saha’s real wife was then asked to leave the marital home.She has since appealed the ruling at a higher court, charged her husband with cheating and the original divorce was suspended.”The case exposed the legal loopholes in our system,” Kaushik Chanda, lawyer of Saha’s real wife said.Nampa-ReutersBoth said they sought a mutual divorce, something the court granted immediately.Saha’s real wife was then asked to leave the marital home.She has since appealed the ruling at a higher court, charged her husband with cheating and the original divorce was suspended.”The case exposed the legal loopholes in our system,” Kaushik Chanda, lawyer of Saha’s real wife said.Nampa-Reuters
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