SRINIVASAN, J.

This appeal is by the plaintiff in O.S. 16/92 on the file of Additional Family Court, Madras. The prayer in the suit is to declare that the marriage registered on 22-8-91 according to the Certificate No. 221/91 on the file of the Registrar of Hindu Marriages is not a valid marriage at all and to set aside the said Certificate as null and void.

2. The case of the plaintiff/ appellant is as follows:-

She is, a final year B.A. student in Bhiraj College, Madras. She was introduced to the defendant sometime back by a common friend. The defendant gave a flowery picture of the education and the status in life and represented to her that he was going to U.S.A. soon and he could get a visa for her too. He promised to get her a good employment in U.S.A. immediately on her completion of education. He took her signatures in the forms of application for passport. On 22-8-91 he induced her to go to the office of the sub-Registrar, T. Nagar, fraudulently representing her that a marriage certificate should be obtained for the purpose of getting a Visa in her name and she should be described as wife. The plaintiff signed the necessary forms before the Registrar and false de