Legal questions on Family Law

Harassment and Dowry

Hi, My sister got married in Feb 16. He stays in gurgaon and my sister in native place with his parents.Later on she came to know her husband is having physical relationship with his bhabhi. After 2 months of marriage She caught them both together in the toilet, she asked her husband about the scene, he shouted her and said he had went for toilet as soon as he entered in the toilet he saw her...

Cruelty by wife

Married(arranged) since 2013.From the beginning itself my wife started creating hue and cry on every petty thing.Initially I thought that being an arranged marriage things would improve with time.But it is getting worst by the day.She has become abusive to the lowest level and started getting physical with me to provoke me.She always accuses me of having affair with other women starting from of...

Custody of child

Respected Forum, My wife give me divorce (at notary on Rs.100/ stamp paper) after 11 years of marriage. We are inter-caste love marriage couple both are belongs from Hindu family. Our marriage was done in a notary and after that reception was arranged by her side. I have a child also, he is above 8 yrs now. But before 3 yrs in the name of job and study she leave him at her parent's home in othe...

498a before marriage(no engagement also)

Hi, i have a close friend who met a girl in april,2016 through newspaper matrimonial ad.his parents also visited the girl and then said yes for marriage.but after talking to the girl,my friend realized that the girl has a lot of attitude.and he just cannot live with that girl.as of now,they have talked multiple times on phone and no ceremony has taken place.his parents have just given a smal...

Can I challenge high court stay on maintenance .

I got married in 2013 and due to some martial disputes my wife is not staying with me and has a kid of 2years. And she failed a DVC and FCMC cases on me in Jan-2014(till now 20 months). In the trail court sessions judge has granted 15000+10000 for both petitioners wife and kid. But I did not produce my salary certificates because I lost my job due to martial cases. Later by the time I got job t...

How can I give her divorce?

I am Rahul and a married man also. I got married since 2013 almost 2.5 year back. And I have a son only 1.6 year old. My problem is, my wife is leaving with her family last 1.3 years and does not want to come back at my home. Her condition is, I will be leaving with her in her house with her family and force me to leave my family. But I am not agree with her. Me and My family tried many times t...

Section 498A

Hi, My brother got married 4.5 years ago and post marriage within a week both of them left to US. Now both of them are getting divorced in US. She herself has filed for Divorce and my brother has greed for Divorce and the proceedings are on. I have a couple of queries now : 1) Once the divorce is granted and when she returns to India, can she file a case on our family under 498A ( rem...

How to get Divorce? Husband in USA

Hi, I am reaching out for some help. I have been married in India in 2013. After marriage I have had issues with In-Laws trying to create differnce between me and my husband. This also included harassment and mental torture. I had to go back to my maiden home for a few weeks. I thought I was able to make up the differences and went back to my husband. Subsequently, we went to USA for his...

Request advise

I got married in Oct 2010 and after 2 years of marriage our relation started spoiling. Reason - my old love affair before marriage. I tried to control the things and move out of the city so she can have faith on me and returned after two years when my wife was about to deliver a child. I worked in Mumbai and stayed with Wife and Daughter before i got the opportunity to work abroad and I move...

Marriage Problem

I hv married in Dec 7,2014 while I was 28 years and my wife was 16 years old. Before marriage she had a relation with other boy bt due to some family problem they didn't got married and I was unware about this matter. After some days of our marriage she is not happy with me and my family also.. In feb 2015 she went to her father's home without informing me and then a meeting held . In the meeti...

Dowry and domestic violence

My husband and his family have harrased me for money. Husband has often resorted to hitting. A huge amount of dowry was given at the time of marriage about 5 years back. They are in posswof my jewellery. My husband is producing supreme Court judgement preventing arrest under 498a. I however have recording of admission of my husband taking dowry and pictures of marriage in which dowry is be...

Trouble with a Registered WILL dispute

Advice needed for a Registered Will, troubles! I am keeping this post anonymous for obvious reasons, I am an ex-pat and returned to India all excited hoping to introduce my kids to a great vast joint family to be only disappointed to see the bitter in-fighting within uncles, aunts and elders over a troubled REGISTERED WILL (Will made in the year 1999 and He died in 2000) I am not narrating th...

Mental harrassment

Hello.. I married this year in feb and i lived with my wife for only 4 days after marrige and after that she went to her home. When we ask her parents to send her back,they dont talk properly and dont even say about it to take ur wife back to your home. My wife is also not talking to me proprly, even she talks so badly to me and not giving me respect as a husband. She asks me to bear her month...

What are the men right for protection against fake allegatios

My brother was married since six months, It was completely an arrange marriage, with strictly no dowry, but his relationship has come to drastic move, when his wife had gone to her mother's place, with all her baggage and suit case fulled , now its been one months. The marriage took place in Kanpur(UP) and we are living in Merrut (UP) I would like to tell first her story 1. She claims that h...

Daily harassment from Mother-In-Law

I'm a foreign national married to an Indian. I've been staying in India for the past 8 years. Initially we were living separately in another city, but 2.5 years back we had to move in with my Mother-In-Law as her mom died and she was left alone in a house that is located in a remote area and is not safe for her to live on her own. But she's turned my life in hell ever since I moved in. She star...

Property distribution in family

Hello, so my problem is, my great grandfather had two sons my grandfather and his brother, my grandfather worked as a farmer in U.P. while my father and his uncle(or chacha) worked in delhi. our ancestral property was in U.P. and it automatically got divided into two parts after my great grandfathers death but my grandfather and his brother were financially still together. My father and his unc...

Husband not appearing in the court

Hi, I got married last year and my husband lives in australia. i lived with my husband in australia alone for just 56 days and got to know about his habits and other interests. we had major fights in those days so i came back to my parents for a couple of days with my return ticket and every thing. but apparently after 6 days of my arrival my husband told that he wants divorce and blocked al...

I want to back my wife

Hello sir, meri shadi 2015 mein hue thi or meri wife 6months bad ghr chali gai thi or fir uske bad wapis nhi aai...aab unho ne mahila mandal mein meri complain bhi kare di or waha per unho ne mere naam se FIR bhi karwa di ha. or meine bola dia ha agar tumne mere naam se false complain kari ha toh koi baat nehi mein jail mein band bhi ho jauga ek din ke liye ... mein aab ye janna chahta hu aa...

My brother in law having an affair

Hello sir my concern is my brother in law is having an affair . All the family members and her children everybody knows about this from past 10 years . But he always denies it. And he is alcoholic and a government employe and my sister too. Her daughter is 24 years old and son 20 years old. His behaviour has been arrogant, hostile and jarring which has results in my sisters series of health iss...

False dowry case

Dear sir, I got married a year and half back, soon as i got married in a month we got to know that my wife is in mental disorder which was hide by her parents, as my wife is a daughter of my uncle we taught to saught out the problem by taking care of het, but meanwhile my aunty refused to do so as she wanted her daughter treament to be done in her born and bought up house, which my mom refus...