India, Aug. 31 -- Deliberately hiding the absence of uterus is a valid ground for annulment of marriage, the Delhi High Court ruled on Wednesday, citing that infertility due to a medical condition may fundamentally affect the core expectations of a matrimonial relationship.

A bench of justices Anil Kshetarpal and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar was hearing a woman's appeal against a family court order that annulled her marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act (HMA). The order was released on Friday.

Section 12 (1)(c) of the HMA allows a spouse to seek annulment if consent for marriage was obtained by fraud, whether relating to the nature of the ceremony or any material fact or circumstance.

In this case, the family court had annulled the marr...