New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- Deliberately misrepresenting marital status on a matrimonial website is a valid ground for annulment of marriage, the Delhi high court has ruled, observing that such suppression undermines the foundation of marriage and strikes at the core of free and informed consent. "The deliberate misrepresentation of one's marital history is not a trivial omission but a clear suppression of facts going to the root of a marriage," the bench said in its ruling released on Friday. P6
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