Second Husband Testifies for Ex, Woman Loses 17-Year Domestic Violence Case

• A Mumbai court dismissed a woman's 17-year-old domestic violence case seeking compensation.
• Her current husband testified in court as a witness for her first husband.
• The woman had filed the case in 2009, alleging physical, emotional, and economic abuse by her first husband.
• She claimed her first husband was already married when they wed in 2005 and both he and his first wife abused her.
• Magistrate B N Chikne ruled that her second marriage nullified her right to maintenance from her former husband.

Why It Matters: Woman's second marriage led to dismissal of her 17-year domestic violence case against ex-husband.