A weird case of 2 judgments by Mangalore court in a divorce case; Mumbai woman fighting for justice

A weird case of 2 judgments by Mangalore court in a divorce case; Mumbai woman fighting for justice

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Oct 4, 2012: This is a peculiar case wherein a middle aged woman hailing from Mumbai is running from pillar to post for justice following two different judgements from a single court with regard to a divorce petition. She is Carmeline Pereira, wife of late Everest Pereira who worked in France and owned property worth crores in his homeland.

Problem cropped up for Carmeline after the death of Everest who owned properties in Mangalore, Puttur, Bantwal and Mumbai apart from various other assets. Carmeline says the systematic plot to grab property began when Everest   Pereira had moved the Mangalore Principal Civil Judges Court in 2004 seeking divorce from Carmeline. The couple was married in 1975. But Everest passed away even before the hearing could complete following which the court  cancelled the case as the petitioner no longer existed, says Carmeline.

This case took a new turn with the entry of Gladys Almeida from Puttur who produced a copy of a court verdict which said Everest had divorced Carmeline. Gladys also claimed that   she had married Everest while working in France. 

Meanwhile, Carmeline alleges that several acres of property owned by Everest in Puttur and Bantwal have already been sold without her knowledge.

Ever since then, it has been a struggle for  justice for Carmeline and her question is  how the court which had cancelled the divorce process following the death of Everest,  has passed another  ruling that  the divorce process was complete. She also strongly suspects foul play as there was no chance of a court delivering two judgments in a single case.

Already Carmeline has appealed to the Chief Justice of Supreme Court, High Court, and Chief Secretary of the state government as well as the Chief Minister seeking a thorough probe into this case. Now, as a silver lining, the Under Secretary of the Government of India, has in a letter to the Registrar General of the Karnataka High Court, has directed the latter to look into the case and take appropriate action at the earliest.