Legal questions on Family Law

Divorce

I got married in 2014 and since then my wife is not staying with me as she doesn't want to leave her parents house.she is working in MNC in Hyderabad and I am working in Bangalore.During the marriage ceremonies I have not taken any dowry and no house hold things were given to me.It has now continued for more than 2 years and I have visited her house several times and I have not got any proper r...

Am I elgible under OBC Non-Creamy Layer?

Hi, I am 26 years old and I am based in Mumbai. I work in IT sector with an anual salary of 5.00 lakhs per annum. I live separately from my parents who are aged 59 (Father) and 55 (Mother). I have an elder sister who is 29 years old and is married. I come under an OBC listed caste (Sonar), however for years I have filled all my admissions under General category as both my parents were wo...

Regarding divorce nd child custody

I am planning for divorce as because my wife is very arrogant in every nature and always like living seperately and only with her parental house and never maintain discipline in the house she wnts to do what she likes and if opposed she use to create a scene and move to the police nd logged complaint likewise she had made complaint 4 times and also logged 498a against me but thanks to the law a...

Can an Australian citizen be summoned to India?

We are Australian citizens who were living in India at the time of divorce. Divorce was obtained by mutual consent from Australia. I have approached the Australian court for financial settlement. My two children aged 11 and 9 are living with their father in India. The first court hearing in Australia is coming up in a week. Just yesterday I received a summons where my attendance is necessary to...

Mental Harassment by mother in law!!

Hi, I am seven months pregnant and this is my second marriage. My husband also had a bad marriage and the girl has filed a dowry case against them. But he denies asking any dowry. I am married since Oct 2014, and it has not been a smooth journey. First, my husband was not able to physically come close to me, then i found out that he was still wanting to get back with her. I managed to get throu...

Mentally harasses by grand mother and neighbours

Hello sir. Since 25 years my i stay with my parents along with my grand parents. Few years ago my grand father died and my grand mother lost her eye sight in an operation. Since past few months the situation has worsened. We keep our grand mother and do everything for her well-being. Still she is not satisfied which I think is because of her mental state. But every day she curses us and s...

Getting sucession certificate

My father in law expired in May 2016 and he is a teacher. My mother-in-law is second wife to him. she had married him some 30 years back. He has quoted in his pension book my mother-in-law particulars and her photo only. For his first wife there are two sons and for my mother-in-law two daughters and all are married. First wife expired in 2011. When she applied for legal heir certificate for th...

Mental harrassment

Hi - We are Jain and my sister has been married in Sharma. This is love marriage. Ever since the start of relationship, i.e., pre-marriage, my sister's father in-law and mother in-law has been commenting on everything that we do as a responsibility like giving on various festivals. Her mother in-law would call my mother and use uncalled language about the amount and volume of gifts that we give...

Visitation Hindered by Spouse' kin

I am a 39-year-old man married for the last 14 years , I have been living alone for the last 3 years as I used to drink heavily earlier. Since then I have undergone rehabilitation and have been sober for the last 2years. I work at an MNC . My wife during my absence (while in rehab) returned to her mother's house along with my children and began working as an assistant nurse to support herself. ...

Babu dhamkati hai ki dahej ka jhuta case karegi

Humlog Ek bihari family hai. Ek tribal ladki mere bete ko MMS apna banwakar uspar jhoota case kar k shaadi kar li. Bhaut muskil se WO case close ho chuka hai. Mai uski Maa hu. Iss sab wajah se hi mai gaon me rehni legi hu. Aaj jab mai gaon se apne bete k quarter me aayi to dekha ki mera beta duty gaya tha aur meri babu apni Maa ko Maa kar rakhi hui thi. Aur Ek aadmi ko bhi ka kar rakhi hui thi....

Mentally Torture and Dowry

Hi All, It's been 3yrs i got married. I work and earn 12k/pm. I'm from a middle class family where my father is an ex-airforcemen. From the day i got married I'm suffering with the mental torture from my husband and in-laws. At the time of marriage my in-laws fought for dowry on the stage and there relatives supported them. As my parents and i was helpless we gave them money at that time(thi...

307, 498A and 125 Cr Pc

While on holidays in India from overseas, My wife filled false 307, 498A, etc. FIR in India with the influence of his father, a government officer, against me and my family. We got arrested without any investigation and later got bail from session court in few days. Then my wife filled for 125Cr and gone back to overseas with minor child without my consent and knowledge and started living in sa...

Divorce to be filed by husband

My cousin has been facing this issue...got married in Dec 2013...and his wife came to his residence to stay with him in Feb 2014 as the period in between was not good for gruhapravesham of newly wedded...then she stayed with him till may 2014...during this period she conceived and left to her parents house saying she was not feeling well n never came back...meanwhile she gave birth to a baby gi...

Harassment by In laws and Husband

Namasthe Sir/Madam, My sister got married during May 2016. Before marriage the Husband and in-laws spoke nicely with our family and my sister. They even took some amount of dowry from us (note - while taking dowry the husband and in-laws have signed on the paper in the writing the amount and things taken.). But a week after marriage they have started her harassing mentally by asking more...

Abusive husband

I have a husband who is very much clinging to his real brothers/cousins and this has caused too much tension in our household and his being abusive to me. We have a joint bank account and my husband had added his cousin brother's name to it in 2000. We had purchased a flat then and it was the reason why this cousin's name was added so that it would be easier for him to approach and pay the buil...

I want Divorce from my wife

HI, I am Sandeep from Kanpur, i got married in the year 2009, also have one kid of eight years.Every time when there was a family argument my wife told only one sentence with me that leave me from our married life.As she is not happy with me because i am unable to fulfill all her dreams.I am having a limited income of just Rs.24000/- per month in that i am taking of five members in my family...

Mental Harassment by husband and his family

Its 2 years since m married and I have a baby boy 10 months old. My husband have 3 elder sisters, all married and a younger brother. My father gave 7 lakhsas, 5 tolas gold to him and 10 tolas to me as dowry and 50000 to each of his sister's. At the time of marriage just before a day, they demanded many other items when my brother visited their home. Everything they wanted 3 in number for his 3 ...

Divorce without any Alimony

I got married on Jan 2016.My wife’s parents started giving me trouble after two months of my marriage questioning about my GENDER all the time. I & my wife were living together in my home, only for two months. Thereafter she was staying in her parent’s house, at times she used to visit rarely to my home. I was forced to take Medical Test & respective scans on Gender basis. Test that I have unde...

Reuniting with Husband - how?

Hi, My Husband abandoned me after my daughters birth. Now we are living separately. No communication also. Our marriage happened in 2009. My Daughter born in 2013. Till 2013 we were living together in Singapore. When I came to India for delivery from that time onwards problem started. Always had quarrels over the phone. After baby born he totally stopped talking to me. If I were in India he w...

Procedure for marrying Turkish national in India

I am Indian passport holder, currently deputed to China on work assignment (having working permit but no resident status) & engaged to a Turkish passport holder. Request information on the following: 1. Steps required for accomplishing civil marriage with the aforementioned Turkish passport holder in India (would appreciate details on whom to approach (lawyer or registrar) & which cities can p...