• Wife is sleeping with other man

Wife is sleeping with other man, while deserted the husband for a year.

Facts
- wife has left the husband a year back
- she is sleeping with other man, while living with her parents.
- husband has proof of that, and scared as he is legally terrorized already by DV, 125 and Dowry. 
- Husband and his parents are out on anticipatory bail.
- husband has broken few rules like hacking email accounts and location history of wife to caught her red handed. Which will be revealed in court if the evidences are shown.
- wife knows that, husband got the proof of her adultry, and threatening him by his life indirectly.

Questions
- husband is innocent and became a victim of " gold digger wife", and also started giving interim money to wife in DV and 125 both.. can he ask court to discontinue the same after having the evidences submitted.
- as mentioned, will husband be in trouble, if court knows that, he has un-ethically hacked his wife's email account. 
- as wife knows already that she is caught red handed, and if something happens to the husband, will wife get the insurance money. ( I mean, husband has made her nominee in many of the investment.)

Please comment.
Asked 6 years ago in Family Law
Religion: Hindu

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15 Answers

1. Well, one or two instances of adultery is not enough to avoid maintenance as this falls short of the provisional requirement that the ' wife is living in adultery'. Anyway you can bring those profs anyway to try your luck.

2. The husband has the option of removing the nominee and putting name of his mother as nominee. For accidental or unnatural death insurance is generally not given.

3. Husband must inform the police in writing abut the threars made on his life.

 

Devajyoti Barman
Advocate, Kolkata
23653 Answers
537 Consultations

Wife guilty of adultery is not entitled to any maintenance 

 

2) nominee is only trustee for legal heirs 

 

3) husband can execute will bequeathing his property to whom so ever he pleases 

 

4) apply to court for modification of maintenance order 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
99775 Answers
8145 Consultations

Dear Sir,

Yes, adultery is one of the ground for divorce. But you have to prove this and also you can lodge complaint against that person in police station.

Adultery may be defined as the act of a married person having sexual intercourse with a person of opposite gender other than the wife or husband of the person. Personal laws all around the world condemn adultery and it is considered as a ground for divorce or separation. Even the Hindu Shastric laws which made no provisions for divorce, condemned adultery in unequivocal terms. Under the present Indian personal laws, adultery is laid down as one of the grounds for divorce or judicial separation.

The essential ingredients in an offence of adultery are that:

  1. There should be an act of sexual intercourse outside the marriage, and
  2. That such intercourse should be voluntary.

Netravathi Kalaskar
Advocate, Bengaluru
4951 Answers
27 Consultations

a) yes husband can ask the court to discontinue the alimony on the ground dismissal of divorce case as the wife leads a adulterous life.

b) no.

c) husband should change the nomination before proceeding further. otherwise she will get the insurance money normally. There is also procedure for the other successors to restrain her from getting the same but that is very much hectic and time bearing. it is better to change the nominee.  

Manish Paul
Advocate, Kolkata
287 Answers
2 Consultations

1) An Adulterous wife cannot claim maintenance. 

2) Your wife as a nominee only holds a property in trust for the entire legal heir. Nominee doesn’t become the owner. you can change nominee name to your mother. 

Mohammed Mujeeb
Advocate, Hyderabad
19325 Answers
32 Consultations

adultery is no longer a CRIME in India

1. once interim order pronounced, now wait for the final order, keep submitting evidence in the Court during evidence stage and strengthen your case

2.  any evidence is admissible in Court despite being obtained through any illegal or unethical source

3.  she will get insurance amount, however, if you want, you can change the nominee

Suneel Moudgil
Advocate, Panipat
2386 Answers
6 Consultations

A divorce petition must be filed immediately against her on grounds of adultery and cruelty.

All the evidences must be attached as proof. A criminal revision must be filed against interim maintenance as she is an adulterous woman and hence is not entitled to maintenance.

Regards 

Rahul Mishra
Advocate, Lucknow
14114 Answers
65 Consultations

1) You produce additional information in the court for evidence against wife adultery.

And can ask court to reduce alimony which is granted against husband to pay.

 

2) Husband should not tell the way from where and how he has got the proofs.

 

3) you can change nomination name from all insurance policies and other documents wherever you have mentioned your wife's name as nominee.

Ganesh Kadam
Advocate, Pune
13008 Answers
267 Consultations

you can file the said evidences before court by keeping source unknown as such evidences cannot be collected without sting operation. you will get divorce on basis of she being character less and you will not be liable to pay alimony

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
34514 Answers
249 Consultations

The husband has to file a divorce case on the grounds of adultery by producing the documentary evidences to prove hr adulterous life, after which if the divorce is granted then he can refuse to pay her maintenance on the same ground, but he has to prove her adultery for that.

 

If the wife is responsible for the husband's death she may not get insurance death claim amount.

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
89977 Answers
2492 Consultations

Evidences procured by way of illegal means would not be admissible as evidence in court. 

You can only file for divorce on grounds of adultery and cruelty by wife. No criminal case can be filed against her for the offence of adultery.

You do not have to give her maintenance amount in both the cases. she can only claim amount in one case.

Nominee is only custodian for the legal heirs. If you don't want your wife to get anything after your death, you should execute a will in someone else's favour.

Siddharth Jain
Advocate, New Delhi
6617 Answers
102 Consultations

1. yes he can

2. if the wife is the nominnee then she will get. You may get her name removed as nominee. 

3. You do have a strong case, if you have evidence of adultery. File an application for the modification of the order on new grounds. 

 

Regards 

Anilesh Tewari
Advocate, New Delhi
18103 Answers
377 Consultations

Yes court can decide the maintenance and can set aside the interim maintenance in its final order. 

Husband can plead that wife account was logged in his account and from that he got all the information.

Nominee can be changed and husband can file a complaint of intimidation before the police.

Shubham Jhajharia
Advocate, Ahmedabad
25513 Answers
179 Consultations

Dear client 

  1. If you have the evidences of adultery of your wife then you can file the application for alteration of maintenance under section 127 CrPC. as your wife is living in adultery and a wife living in adultery is not entitled to get compensation from her husband as stated in Section 125(4) CrPC.
  2. There can be chance of any complaint for hacking of Email ID but it is a little cost to free you self from Gold digger wife and get you divorce on basis of adultery.
  3. If you have make your wife nominee in your investments then its the time to change your nominee in every investment as she will get the claim if some thing happen to husband.

Mohit Kapoor
Advocate, Rohtak
10686 Answers
7 Consultations

  1. As per the information mentioned in the present query, makes it clear that you have wasted so much of time by not filing the divorce petition on the ground of cruelty.
  2. Now, also I would advice you to file the same and once you get the decree of divorce then she won’t be getting anything from you as she will be at fault before the court of law.
  3. But, for now in DV cases and 125 cases, it is not for the court to decide as to who is at fault, but can only adjudicate the same once you get the divorce decree in your favour.
  4. And getting evidence by all means which you have used, doesn’t make you criminal in the eyes of law (if can recall, iterated by the SC in Rafael case).
  5. Rest, you are most welcome to call me at any time for further legal assistance on this issue.

Sanjay Baniwal
Advocate, South Delhi
5477 Answers
13 Consultations

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