Dear Querist
As per your information and queries my opinion on your queries are as under:
1 she left our house on her own . is maintenance payable in such cases .
Opinion: If you proved before the court that there is no sufficient reason to left your home then she is not entitled to get any maintenance otherwise she may get the maintenance.
2 by virtue of just 5 days of cohabitation is she entitled to keep to the stridhanof 4 / 5 lacs of the ornaments we gifted her at wedding .
Opinion: yes, she is entitled to get all her istridhan
3 parents of girl r asking us for compensation of rs. 10 lacs they say they have spent on marriage . r they entitled for this .
Opinion: No, they are not entitled to get any compensation as expenses of marriage.
4 girll is demanding the maintenance of rs. 50 thousand rs. plus a flat in pune for living there . she is now living with her parents in pune .
Opinion: it may be decide by the court and she may get the maintenance and residence order as per her husband's income and status.
5 it appears that she is drug addict and alcohol dependent . however we r not able to prove it . is there any solution .
Opinion: you may file an application for her check up by Doctor before court if any matter is pending before the court.
6 if case goes against us we propose to go to higher court . and if we win we propose to file defamtion case . will this b right course .
Opinion: 100%, Filing the defamation and malicious prosecution case is best option to teach them a lesson
7 how much maintenance would b payable considering our son's earning of $7000 a month and only a small earning of a girl . her parents appear to b well to do . she lives in Pune and my son is settled in USA.
Opinion: 1/3 of income of the husband may be awarded as maintenance........
8 the period during which such interim maintenance is payable .
Opinion: It's depend on the court, generally it is for till the final disposal of the main case.
is it to b paid till the decree of annulment is passed or is to b paid permanently or till her remarriage . and if she does not marry or does not disclose to the court that she has remarried .
Opinion: It will be continue till her remarry or till she is not living in adultery or get a divorce decree of Mutual Consent.
9 after the decree of annulment is passed r the gifts need b returned by everyone to the other party . we have gifted her ornaments of some 4 / 5 lacs . would we b entitled to ask for return of these ornaments .
Opinion: Gifted which became her istridhan only be return other gift can not be return or recovered by the opposite party.
10 during the pendency , can our son get married .
Opinion: Legally not.