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Many of the 1,000-odd young Asian women, mostly of Pakistani-origin, subjected to forced marriage every year can now resort to the law of annulment to escape loveless unions.
A judgement on Tuesday by Lord McEwan of the Edinburgh Court of Session annulling the wedding of a young girl, Aneeka Sohrab, who argued that she was "deceived and frightened" into an arranged wedding, has opened the way for young Asian women in Britain to quit unwilling alliances.
Lord McEwan said clashes were inevitable when boys and girls from contrasting backgrounds were forcibly married.
A spokesperson of the Black Sisters,
an Asian women's group, said British courts could annul marriages contracted
abroad as well. Many parents get their girls married in the country of
their origin.
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