Fiance family is breaking engagement without any genuine reason after 2 years. Got engaged in oct 2021 with all our religious rituals and mutually marriage was decided for this year oct all shopping was going on but now they are breaking engagement without giving any genuine reason. Please suggest can I take any action on them and claim compensation from them?
Asked from: Uttar Pradesh
If the engagement was broken off due to dowry demands. In India, it is illegal to demand or give dowry, and if an engagement is broken off because of dowry demands, the party who made the demands could be prosecuted under the Dowry Prohibition Act. The aggrieved party can file a first information report (FIR) against them under Section 3 & 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act if they cancelled the marriage due to demand of dowry.
Your fiancé's family has cancelled the marriage, therefore, offence under the dowry prohibition act does not made out. In this situation you cannot initiate criminal proceeding against them. But you have the right to initiate civil proceeding for the make good the loss you incurred in engagement ceremony, also for the mental agony, defamation and compensation.
If one party to the engagement has made any promises or representations to the other party that have induced them to incur expenses or suffer loss, then the party who broke the engagement may be liable to compensate the other party for their losses. Hence, you should file a civil suit for the compensation.
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