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A System Abused: How a 'Happy Couple' Misused the Family Court

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Many things that had faded away have been resurrected—listening to the radio, watching movies in theatre, and several others. Movies were once an addiction; 9 pm was almost always movie time, and the language or genre didn't matter. That habit has since  died down. While OTT platforms have taken over a part of it, the addiction itself largely doesn't exist anymore. Instead, writing has become an obsession, and finding topics for it has become another addiction. In the life of a lawyer, especially after many years in the profession, experiences are overwhelmingly legal. Therefore, the law naturally provides the most fertile ground for topics. Today's subject, for instance, is a little fraud that was exposed in Court 5A of the Kerala High Court. The court was hearing a set of matrimonial appeals between one Anu and one Bina. (The names of all parties involved in this case have been changed to protect their privacy.) Now, don't be surprised—they were not in a matrimonial t...