A Kolkata court, on Wednesday, ruled that actor and Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Nusrat Jahan and Kolkata-based businessman Nikhil Jain’s marriage is ‘not legally valid’, ANI reported.
In June, Jahan, who serves as the MP of West Bengal’s Basirhat constituency, while speaking about rumours about the couple’s legal separation, said that their marriage was not ‘legal, valid and tenable’, thus erasing the question of filing for a divorce.
“Being in a foreign land, as per Turkish Marriage Regulation, the ceremony is invalid. Moreover, since it was an inter-faith marriage, it requires validation under Special Marriage Act in India, which did not happen. As per court of law, it is not a marriage, but a relationship or a live-in relationship. Thus, the question of divorce does not arise,” she said.
She added, “Our separation happened long back, but I did not speak about it as I intended to keep my private life to myself. Thus, my actions must not be questioned based on “separation” by the media or anybody I am not related to.”
She further alleged that Jain withdrew money from her bank accounts during odd hours, even post-separation.
Jahan and Jain got married in 2019, shortly after Jahan won in the Lok Sabha elections. During the oath-taking ceremony at the Parliament, she had introduced herself as Nusrat Jahan Ruhi Jain.
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Following her statement in June, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Badaun, Uttar Pradesh, Sanghamitra Maurya wrote to the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, seeking action against her. In his letter, Maurya alleged that Jahan had provided ‘false information’ regarding her marital status in her affidavit in Parliament, ‘thereby indulging in illegal unethical and immoral conduct’, News18 reported.
“Her media statement regarding her marital status controvert her oath for Lok Sabha membership wherein she took oath as Nusrat Jahan Ruhi Jain. This effectively renders her membership as non-est in law,” the letter stated.