• Regarding living separately from wife as she has filed a case of DV u/s 498(A)& getting maintenance

I am a Central Public Sector employee and have a family dispute with wife. She has lodged a case of DV u/s 498(A). She has lodged another case for maintenance in which on mutual agreement basis I am giving her 15000/- pm and a 3 bed room furnished apartment in NCR Faridabad. Apartment's maintenance I am paying separately. I also have filed a petition for divorce u/s 13 of HMA. All these cases are in process and subjudice.
At my previous place of posting I was given field hostel by my company but she was staying there forcibly and to avoid any further dispute I was staying separately at a nearby place on rent.
I am now transferred to a new place. Here also I am given a room in bachelor's field hostel. She has come here also and has forcibly started staying. Being lady company authorities are staying away from this issue and saying it's my personal problem. If I have court order to stay separately from her then only they can assist me. I am again staying outside the campus.
I have two daughters from her. Elder one is married and younger,19 yrs old is studying B.Tech. and stays in hostel in different city. My question is:
1. Can I get order from court to stay separately in view of my job and safety and to avoid altercations.
2. Her matrimonial house is also vacant where she can live in.
3. Kindly suggest appropriately and explain fulfillment of conditions to live separately, if any.
Thanks
Asked 7 years ago in Family Law
Religion: Hindu

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15 Answers

You can stay separately without divorce although your wife can file a case under section 9 of the hindu marriage act for restitution of conjugal rights.

Try to settle dispute amicably through an mediator.  You said already your daughters got marriage in this scenario it is better try to settle dispute through an mediator,  if she is agree for mutual divorce then you can settle the matter in Lumpum amount as a alimony  and dissolve the marriage through court. 

Mohammed Mujeeb
Advocate, Hyderabad
19325 Answers
32 Consultations

Since you have already filed a divorce petition you may not be able to get any such order.

You can, alternately, surrender the government accommodation allotted to you  which she is forcibly occupying it.

You may inform the court about her arrogant and atrocious behavior and seek its intervention to rescue you from her cruel clutches by advising her inside the chamber or through court mediation center.

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
89977 Answers
2492 Consultations

You can seek court orders restraining wife from

contacting you in any manner as she has already filed cases of DV / 498A against you 

 

2) that you have already offered her 3BK flat to her 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
99775 Answers
8145 Consultations

 was maintenance u/s 125 crpc ordered by magistrate court? Appeal to HC again this order as she's forcibly staying with you, so maintenance u/s 125 crpc must be stopped

Netra Mohanchandra Pant
Advocate, Navi Mumbai
1590 Answers
5 Consultations

See best course would be you give up your governmental accommodation start living separately and further file an application before court seeking order to restrain her from meeting you or staying with you on ground that criminal case are pending she is harassing threatening.

Further if she forcefully enters new premises file a police complaint on her.

Shubham Jhajharia
Advocate, Ahmedabad
25513 Answers
179 Consultations

As I already adviced, if you move in appeal against the maintenance order to HC, as she's not honouring the terms of the mutual settlement order, the honourable HC will give her two options.... either to withdraw from the place where you stay, or the maintenance will be cancelled. 

If you think this is going to be too time consuming, you can simply lodge a police complaint against her for trespass, as after the maintenance order, she's not legally entitled to stay with you, till your divorce case gets disposed off

Netra Mohanchandra Pant
Advocate, Navi Mumbai
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5 Consultations

Sir for restraining her file a civil suit for injunction against her on entering the premises and evicting her for ongoing cases and the disturbance she is causing pending the cases, 

Shubham Jhajharia
Advocate, Ahmedabad
25513 Answers
179 Consultations

Seek restraint order from court as wife has already 3BK awarded to her as per court orders 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
99775 Answers
8145 Consultations

1) Stop paying 15k per monthly her and withdraw key from her. Reopen the dismissed case and get the court order for your mutual consent and get divorce. All these procedures should be done in front of judge and get signed from that particular court. As mutual consent divorce.

Ganesh Kadam
Advocate, Pune
13008 Answers
267 Consultations

You may file an injunction suit against her seeking to restrain her from entering into your house despite she being given an apartment to live as per the MOU.

Injunction order by court only can salvage you.

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
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2492 Consultations

Dear Querist

immediately file an application under Order 39 Rule 1 & 2 of CPC before the family court where your divorce case is pending and approach for restrain order, if after restraining order she is not obey than she may be prosecuted for the offence of contempt of court under Order 39 RULE 2A of CPC.

 

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Nadeem Qureshi
Advocate, New Delhi
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302 Consultations

1. Yes you can

2. File an application for interim relief in the pending divorce proceedings.

regards

Anilesh Tewari
Advocate, New Delhi
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377 Consultations

As advised file an application and keep on paying the maintainance as per the Settelment.

Regards

Anilesh Tewari
Advocate, New Delhi
18103 Answers
377 Consultations

Dear Sir,

You can intimate your officers that your wife should not reside in your bachelors room.  Further file interim application before the court accordingly.  You are paying sufficient maintenance and she may be directed reside in matrimonial house which is vacant, court will pass orders accordingly, nothing to worry.

Netravathi Kalaskar
Advocate, Bengaluru
4951 Answers
27 Consultations

yes you can take a restraining order from court.

she can live at her matrimonial house.

if you get an order of judicial separation then you can live separately.

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
34514 Answers
249 Consultations

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