UK court sets aside forged signature divorce of Indian-origin couple

London: An Indian-origin couple’s divorce has been set aside by a UK court after the judge concluded that the wife had no notice of the divorce proceedings as her signature was forged by or on behalf of her husband 12 years ago.

Rachpal and Kewal Randhawa were married at a registry office in Slough, south-east England, in August 1978 aged 19 and 16 respectively.

The husband went on to file for divorce in 2010 on the grounds that the marriage had irretrievably broken down after an alleged separation in 2009 and moving in with Satwinder Kaur.