Advisory on Functioning of Matrimonial Website

http://www.gumla.nic.in/beta/whatsnew/20161111_Advisory_on_Functioning_of_matrimonial_website.pdf

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Bombay High court;When Matrimonial website not liable for online fraud?

MUMBAI: A matrimonial website cannot be held responsible if a user is "careless and negligent" and falls for one of the common " internet scams", Bombay high court has ruled.

A matrimonial portal was hauled in a criminal case after a woman divorcee looking to get married for a second time was conned of around Rs 2.93 lakh by a prospective groom. A division bench of Justice Ranjit More and Justice Anuja Prabhudessai has now come to its rescue pointing to the "negligence and carelessness" of the woman and her failure to ensure online safety. The court quashed the FIR accusing the portal of cheating by Mira Road resident Seema Chaudhary (name changed).

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Cheating to divorcee women through matrimonial websites by posing himself as an IPS officer.

The Crime Branch of Delhi Police has arrested a 58-year-man, who used to cheat divorcee women through matrimonial websites by posing himself as an IPS officer. 

According to police, Ajay Nagar, a resident of GK-2 of South Delhi and graduate from Delhi University, cheated lonely divorcee women through matrimonial websites. He uploaded his particulars with fake photo and posed himself as an IPS officer. 

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