A Surat Parsi matrimonial court has ruled that a couple married in Ahmedabad but residing in USA cannot file for divorce in the country of their residence.
"The US court in Vermont holds no jurisdiction,” said judge Gita Gopi who presides as the special Parsi matrimonial court judge in Surat, according to a report in The Times of India (TOI) of April 27, 2018. All Parsi marriages solemnized under Indian law [Parsi Marriage and Divorce (PMD) Act] can be dissolved only by a special Parsi matrimonial court, ruled the judge, according to TOI. "The 23-page order said that even if......