Sharon is not your ordinary protagonist and damsel in distress. She is bold. She is outrageous. She is confident and she knows 'it'! 'Life is an unstoppable flow and we must get along with it.' She believes and she knows to walk her words. However, life isn't all roses and strawberries too. It has got thorns too, but Sony is ready to be pricked. An ordinary girl of the age of twenty-three, her life came to shatter when her engagement with Ray Ruia, the CEO of the Ruia Group of Industries was called off. At the age of twenty and six, Ray is a heartthrob and a dream man for any young girl. He is sharp, cunning, intelligent, calm, and knows how to get his way into most things. After going through a bunch of disappointing relationships that led him to nowhere, Ray upon having Sharon for himself. The girl he really admires and looks forward to spending his whole life with. However, things don't always go as planned. Just when one is sure of certainty and 'assured' win. Life smacks hardest at the face. One day before her engagement, Sharon drops by the office and catches Ray kissing his assistant. Shattered and heartbroken, she slapped him hard and did what any other woman in her sensible mind would do. Called off the engagement. But Ray isn't a brat to mess with. He was keen on having the woman he had sat his eye on-fairly or 'using the other way'. A year later, he was back with a keen persistence in persuading her. "Where the words fail, action does the work." Tired of constant rejections, Ray has decided to play dirty. As per section 9 of The Hindu Marriage Act: He demands restitution of his conjugal rights from a wedding that never took place. Will Sharon be able to escape her ex's well-planned trap? Or will she accept fate and give in?

Chapter 1 Preface

The book contains strong language, explicit characters and exotic scenes. Readers are advised to proceed further at their own discretion.

Below mentioned are some of the prominent definitions. It's a request to have a slight once over before proceeding further. (This is to fuel your imagination with primitive facts about the background culture and relevant references.)

The relevant section:

The story revolves around Indian Characters and Indian Law. The core theme of "The Conjugal Rights" (this book) is based on Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 which states as under:

"When either the husband or the wife has, without reasonable excuse, withdrawn from the society of the other, the aggrieved party may apply, by petition to the district court, for restitution of conjugal rights and the court, on being satisfied with the truth of the statements made in such petition and that there is no legal ground why the application should not be granted, may decree restitution of conjugal rights accordingly.

[Explanation. Where a question arises whether there has been reasonable excuse for withdrawal from the society, the burden of proving reasonable excuse shall be on the person who has withdrawn from the society.]"

The relevant law:

The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 is an Act enacted by the Parliament of India to govern the law relating to Marriages of Hindus in India. The main purpose of the act was to amend and codify the law relating to marriage among Hindus and others. Besides amending and codifying Sastrik Law, it also included separation and divorce, which also exist in Sastrik Law. This enactment brought uniformity of law for all sections of Hindus. In India, there are religion-specific civil codes that separately govern adherents of certain other religions.

According to Hinduism, marriage is a sacred relationship between two individuals. In some Hindu systems of marriage, there is no role for the state as marriage remains a private affair within the social realm. However, in the modern era, a need for a governing law was felt and thereby the Act along with other ancillary regulations came into existence.

Within this traditional framework reference, marriage is undoubtedly the most important transitional point in a Hindu's life and the most important of all the Hindu "samskaras" (life-cycle rituals).

"As per Section 5 of the said Act:

A marriage may be solemnized between any two Hindus, if the following conditions are fulfilled, namely-

neither party has a spouse living at the time of the marriage

at the time of the marriage, neither party-

is incapable of giving a valid consent to it in consequence of unsoundness of mind; or

though capable of giving valid consent, has been suffering from a mental disorder of such a kind or to such an extent as to be unfit for marriage and the procreation of children;

the bridegroom has completed the age of twenty-one years and the bride of the age of eighteen years at the time of the marriage;

the parties are not within the degrees of prohibited relationship unless the custom or usage governing each of them permits marriage between the two;

the parties are not sapindas (cousins) of each other unless the custom or usage governing each of them permits marriage between the two."

Regarding the above provisions along with the said Act, our story comes into motion.

I'll try to simplify the context as clearly as possible, however, despite my constant efforts, things may seem to go overboard. In any case, please keep going and comment in any doubt that may need specification (rather than concluding ex-parte!)

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Author Vin