Legal questions on Family Law

is cousin marriage illegal in india ?

Me and my cousin are third generations cousin n we want to marry. We belong to south India.Basically v r from mangalore(Karnataka).though our parents don't approve of our relationship n decision but still they r standing by our side for sake of our happiness.They say that our customs n traditions doesn't allow this.Our aunts n uncles are totally against it.They say that it is also illegal to ma...

divorce

Hello sir, My sister got married in january 2014. Her mother in law has a major influence on her son. 2-3months after marriage she startin harrasing her mentally. She never said anything directly but find ways to taunt her. Her mother in law never let her go out after marriage neither alone nor with her husband and also never took her out. Actually she was not allowed to go out and even her m...

mental harrassment by mother in law

Ma'm/Sir, I have been married for almost two years now [will be two full years on 14th January,2015]. After marriage, I have been residing out of India with my husband and his parents. My mother-in-law has been mentally harassing me from the first day itself. Initially, it was mild, taunts and general rudeness, but now it has escalated to unbearable levels. Taunts about my looks, clothes, chara...

Husband's obsession for his grown up son

My husband retired a year ago.I am his second wife and have been married to him for 24 years. we have no children of our own but he has a daughter and a son from his previous marriage.His first wife is no more.I married him 3 years after her death.Now my step son is 29 years old.He is a lawyer by profession but not very stable in his career.My husband is smitten by his lad and keen to see him w...

relevance of sec 498A after 30 month of diverse petition

Wife has filed diverse petition under family court just after one year of marriage. Pleading for maintenance. She was working prior and after marriage and after one week leaving matrimonial house resigned to claim maintenance. Lower court has dismissed her petition with the plea petitioner as not given any states of her economic condition. Secondly, well qualified and capable of earning. Petiti...

Loan from the money lender

Respected Sir, Greetings, This is to inform you that, i took Rs.17,000/- cash from money lender for 10% interest. But he is charging me the 10% interest weekly. That money lender does not have license at all. Though am a middle class person, only my mom stay at home. she is a diabetes patient. he forced me and took the blank cheque 3 nos. Thinking that he will misuse my cheques i signed wrong...

I need help regarding future of my marriage

I am a 30 year old guy, basically from UP. My marriage had been done in 2009, since then we(I and my wife) living together. In July 2012, my wife get pregnant with several treatments. In April 2013, she got surgery baby born. During surgery she developed breathlessness and went in to coma, also she gave birth of boy baby. we rushed to another big hospital i.e Fortis, for further treatment. In F...

Divorce from my husband

Hello Sir/Madam, I got married in the month of May 2014. From the next day of marriage my husband started coming home drunk late night around 1 or 2 am. I followed all the rituals of the matrimonial house and did everything a newly wedded girl would do in her matrimonial house. This went on for a week and then my husband started misbehaving with me stating that " you are a Manglik and you ha...

Son's right against father

I am inderjeet from delhi and wants to know some way-out for sister's family. Her Name is Saroj and was married to Mr. Mukesh (Nand nagri-Delhi) in 1988, within first year of marriage, she lost her one leg in family violence, after this incident both husband and wife got separated from the joint family and after one year, she gave birth to a baby boy (Satveer). My mother took the baby to my vil...

My husband threating me , and literally pissed my life.

I am really help less, I am hindu bengali married since last 9 yrs , mother of a baby girl of 6 yrs.. I am working since 7 yrs in a Limited Company, but my HUSBAND takes my entire salary and invest all in online trading, even he mortgaging all my gold as well.. Even he burrow money frm market, and send me couple of times to hotel at night for mutual settlement with those people.. (I hope u peop...

my dispute with father and mother

Respected Sir / Ma'am, I am Amit (31 years) and would like to seek advice from you. Presently I'm in conflict with my Father and Mother. Here is the problem : Since childhood, I have seen my father dominating everyone. I have seen him drinking, fighting, shouting, etc. I have many times seem him hitting my chachi, mother, sister, Buaa ji and with other people. Voices of cry, shouting use...

Suffering from my wife

Dear Sir, I , Sunny Bhandari S/o Late M.L. Bhandari R/o S-89, Gali No. 10, Pradhan Chowk, Vikas Nagar, New Delhi-110059, got married from Paharganj to Durga a.k.a. Pinki D/o Munshi Lal R/o A-34 Amar Puri, Ram Nagar, Pahar Ganj, Swami Ram Tirth Nagar, Central Delhi, Delhi 110055 by mediator named Ganga W/o Ram Sahay R/o Kotla Phase-I, West Delhi.on 10th March, 2013 in Arya Samaj Mandir, Nabi...

Divorce by mutual consent when wife leaves in USA

Hi, we got married in December 2009 when she was studying in US (after a short affair in 2006 and lots of hic-cups in between). Though I lost my sweet time after marriage only for her study, even could not plan for my future but she and her family never recognised me. Then she completed her study, returned India in April 2012 and joined a job here. As she left lucrative US career to return In...

Girl blsckmailling me.

I met a girl about a year and a half. She is a divorce and I am an MCA student. Despite knowing I went ahead keeping her as my girl friend. we had physical intimacy and she asked me not to worry as she has intestine problem and that there was no chances of pregnancy. Hence I didn't use any protection. To my shock after a year she got pregnant and it so happened that the child wasn't properly he...

Draft point on Alimony and Custody of Child if on mutual point

Kindly suggest good draft lines on Alimony and Custody of child if the case is like this: 1. No alimony claimed by wife - so it should be for permanent settlement of past , present and future) "That Petitioner No. 1(wife) undertakes not to claim any maintenance past, present and future, dowry articles, jewellery, clothes, istridhan etc. from the Petitioner No. 2 in future" - is it ok from t...

Mental harrassment by my husband, inlaws

Respected sir/ Madam. I got married on 2013.I have not been treated well by my husband and by my inlaws right from the day one of my marriage.My marriage was an arranged marriage. He and his father demanded the engagement and marriage to happen at his native. My Parents conducted the marriage as per their demands.My Parents has given gold and house hold things like vessels,fridge,washing machin...

Divorce case with child custody

My sister (A) has been married for 7 years and she has a son. She has been having problems with her husband (B) since more than 5 years now. He beats him if she says anything to their son. She never got the deserved stature in the family because of her husband's (my jijaji) brother's wife (C) [one of the reason]. C has been taking care of the family before my sister's (A) marriage and so C got ...

Matrimonial suit

Dear Sir, My younger brother is married since 8 years as per hindu traditions. Has a kid of 3 yrs. Marriage not registered but sufficient proof available. He entered into a declaratory marriage with another lady in 2012. My brother filed a divorce suit in Dec/Jan 2014 in the district court against the 2nd marriage stating that the said marriage was never consummated (which is fact). Our ...

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Basically I am from Hyderabad, I was doing contract job in Singapore due to my economical commitments/responsibilities. That time I got married a Chennai based girl from upper middle class. She was also working in Singapore. An dour Marriage went on last year on behalf of both parents and we did not accept dowry. After marriage she told me to help their parents economically for some period an...

Single Status Certificate (No Impediment) & Newspaper Publication

Hi all, I am getting married in Barcelona, Spain. The Local Marriage authority "Registro Civil" requires 2 declarations from India, which are almost impossible to get here. 1. Single Status Certificate 2. Non-requirement of Newspaper Classified Publication for Marriage in Gujarat I tried all options, local marriage registrar in India says we dont have such certificate and we cannot give ...