How to get divorce from abusive husband and family asking for dowry?
16-Sep-2023 (In Divorce Law)
Last month my sister got married. It was arranged marraige .everything was okay .While at the time of date fix Groom was in a government job but fews days later he got promotion and indirectly they(groom family) asked for some more money.But we said no as next year there was another marraige at our home.They said ok. Nothing happened that time.after marraige my sister went there.her mother laws asked for her all jwellry .my sister gave it to them.but slowly they started taunting her.one day my sister went to a parlour and had her hair cut.when she came her mother in law got angry and scolded her bitterly by saying that at our place after marraige no hair cut is allowed .etc .after that there were always problems even on petty things .one day my sister said on phone that her husband put a hot iron on her leg when she was agruing to him and she got burnt her leg..2 days later when she was alone she went to a nearby doctor and also got a medical report on that.. wht shld we do.
You can file a police complaint against your sister's husband as well as her in laws for physical abuse as well as violence along with a complaint with regard to harassment for demand of dowry. All these offences committed by them can be complained against and your sister can seek divorce on these grounds.
What is the difference between dowry?
Bride price is money, or something valuable (property), given by a groom or his family to the brides parents. Money from the grooms family. When a marriage takes place, a bride will bring money or other property to her husband as dowry. The bride usually gets her money or property from family.
What is the opposite of dowry?
There is a tradition of paying for the bride. This practice is called reverse dowry. Dower is the practice of registering property in the name of the bride at the time the marriage takes place. The property is still hers, but its a gift from the groom to the bride and his parents. 22-Sept-2022
What is gift in wedding?
Wedding gift definitions. A wedding gift is a gift given to a couple getting married. Synonyms: wedding gift
File a divorce petition under section 13(1) of the Hindu Marriage Act before the Family Court.The Hindu Marriage Act-1955 has given the legal provision for divorce on basis of cruelty under section – 13(1)(ia) as follows;
“Any marriage solemnized, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, may, on a petition presented by either the husband or the wife, be dissolved by a decree of divorce on the ground that the other party has, after the solemnization of the marriage, treated the petitioner with cruelty”.
On basis of this section we can explain this legal basis for the divorce as anybody who is getting suffer from the other party in physical manner or a mental torture or any other type of harassment then the other can reach to the court with this base and claim for the divorce.
“Any marriage solemnized, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, may, on a petition presented by either the husband or the wife, be dissolved by a decree of divorce on the ground that the other party has, after the solemnization of the marriage, treated the petitioner with cruelty”.
On basis of this section we can explain this legal basis for the divorce as anybody who is getting suffer from the other party in physical manner or a mental torture or any other type of harassment then the other can reach to the court with this base and claim for the divorce.
मैंने आपकी समस्या का गम्भीरतापूर्वक अध्य्यन किया यहाँ पर जो समस्या है वह बहुत ही गंभीर है सबसे पहले तो मैं सलाह देना चाहूँगा की आपकी दीदी को कानून से ज्यादा आप लोगो के साथ की आवश्यकता है क्योंकि जिन परिस्थितयों का आपने वर्णन किया है मैं दीदी की मानसिक स्थिति का भी विश्लेषण कर रहा हूँ रही बात क़ानूनी कार्यवाही की तो ससुराल पक्ष का ऐसा अमानवीय व्यहवार बिलकुल भी क्षमा योग्य या सुलह की सीमाओं से दूर है आप दीदी के ससुराल पक्ष पर दहेज उत्पीड़न498A IPC,घरेलू हिंसा,स्त्री धन को हड़पने 406IPC ,125Cr.Pc गुजारा भत्ता का वाद व FIR करवाए और भी बहुत सी कार्यवाही है जो आप कर सकती है।
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