• False info on matrimonial site by mistake

If a married person who is undergoing separation from his wife (their case is in women cell) creates a profile on matrimonial site but by mistakes is unable to choose marital status as: awaiting divorce and by mistake keeps default status of : never married for about a week. during this time period no meeting with any prospecting girls takes. but the separated wife comes to know of this and files a complaint of fraud and cheating. (The intension of creating the profile was that it takes a lot of time for match making and by the time the separation/divorce will come to a logical conclusion there may a new beginning in sight)

how serious is this? what can be done to rectify?
Should this profile be deleted or just the marital status be changed to Awaiting divorce? 

A written explanation to the complaint is to be submitted to the concerned police station.
Asked 6 years ago in Civil Law

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15 Answers

Marital status can be changed. There is no ise deleting as the damage has already been done. You can explain this by saying that it was an honest mistake but i doubt the court will believe that.

Anyways it is serious as you are giving false information about yourself and hence the court will take this into consideration while deciding your case.

Regards 

Rahul Mishra
Advocate, Lucknow
14114 Answers
65 Consultations

It doesn't imply anything unless you dupe someone with the false status and someone suffers loss and breach of trust in the same

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
34554 Answers
249 Consultations

The wife cannot make an y complaint for cheating or fraud, because he has not cheated her, let she lodge any complaint, it will not be entertained.

As a precaution, you my write as awaiting divorce  or divorce proceedings going on and result expected soon.

 

 

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
90043 Answers
2498 Consultations

See you may deny the profile at first secondly even though status is single no case on same can he filed by the wife for same .

You can change the profile.

See you can allege that your wife has created same in your name to file false cases against you.

Shubham Jhajharia
Advocate, Ahmedabad
25513 Answers
179 Consultations

Change marital status to awaiting divorce

 

In alternative delete your profile from matrimonial site 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
99841 Answers
8148 Consultations

It is not a serious matter. 

Tell police it is a mistake. 

Unless you defraud someone police can not take any action. Nobody can file complaint against you. 

 

Kallol Majumdar
Advocate, Kolkata
2837 Answers
14 Consultations

1. The separated wife has no locus to file the complainant as she has not been a victim of the purported false information uploaded online.

2. The locus to file the complaint ensues to only a woman who on the basis of information so uploaded contacts the man for matrimonial alliance.

Ashish Davessar
Advocate, Jaipur
30840 Answers
981 Consultations

Dear Client,

Don't worry about this. No one is in any loss due to information given by you. It not serious matter. If you get married by giving false information that makes a fraud. 

Jaswant Singh
Advocate, Gurugram
930 Answers
2 Consultations

1. IT is no offence of Cheating or Fraud, atleast at the hands of Wife, more so since there is no motive /intention to cheat/fraud Wife.  However, it would amount to Cheating, Fraud, Breach of Trust etc.... at the hands of the new prospective bride.

2. Instead of creating legal hurdles, better to change marital status and get rid of the unpleasantness. 

3. IF required, inform Police that it was an inadvertent mistake and that there is no question of cheating /fraud the wife, since she is not the prospective bride and is in no way affected.

Hemant Agarwal
Advocate, Mumbai
5612 Answers
25 Consultations

At any time you may change the marital status on the site and it is allowed as well but your wife if she is contesting the divorce filed by you will have the opportunity to use the status in the court or file FIR as she wish.

Vimlesh Prasad Mishra
Advocate, Lucknow
6851 Answers
23 Consultations

Dear sir, 

This is not such a grave situation. you are not hiding anything or you have not committed any act to cheat your wife. The police officials are just asking for the Show cause as to why any further action should not be initiated against you. You have give the response very vigilantly and smartly so that the case filed by them should stop in the beginning. 

You can contact me to draft the reply on your behalf and assist you to police station to close the complaint at its inception.

 

Regards, 

YUGANSHU SHARMA 

ADVOCATE 

Yuganshu Sharma
Advocate, Delhi
1006 Answers
2 Consultations

No fraud and cheating committed on her. Still change the marital status.

Yogendra Singh Rajawat
Advocate, Jaipur
23083 Answers
31 Consultations

- The false information given on the matrimonial site can created a problem from the intending /inviting woman for marriage , and not from the existing wife. 

- Further , you can delete/edit your profile in the matrimonial site , and hence no breach of trust etc has committed by you. 

- Women Cell  is not having any judicial power like court , and hence if the counselling will be finalized in CWC , then both parties will have to approach the Family court for mutual divorce etc. 

Mohammed Shahzad
Advocate, Delhi
15821 Answers
242 Consultations

there is no need to worry, simply delete Or edit your profile. 

Mohammed Mujeeb
Advocate, Hyderabad
19333 Answers
32 Consultations

It was a minor fault and cannot be said to be punishable if no meeting was held with any girl.

And husband cannot be punished just for selecting wrong category under section for cheating and fraud. 

Mohit Kapoor
Advocate, Rohtak
10686 Answers
7 Consultations

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