Family Law

Can a wife file more petitions for maintenance than one?

My wife has filed three distinct petitions for only one remedy. She has filed an application under Section 125 crpc for maintenance. Again she has filed a civil suit under Section 18 Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act for maintenance and Section 24 Hindu Marriage Act for interim maintenance. Whether she has a right to claim maintenance in more than one court case. Can wife file more petitions for maintenance?

How to get a mutual consent divorce within six months?

I was married to my boyfriend when I was studying in B.Tech. We solemnised our marriage in a temple. How to get a mutual consent divorce within six months? All those things happened in hush-hush. No one knew about our marriage but we got registration of our marriage before the marriage registrar. We never lived together as a husband-wife because we were studying in B.Tech and after the completion we both were placed in different companies in 2017.

Now my parents are searching for a bridegroom for me and I’m also willing to marry a guy of my parents’ choice. I have talked to my boyfriend (husband) and he is also willing to end our marital status. He has been in a relationship with a girl and he is planning to marry her. How can we get a mutual consent divorce within six months? Please suggest. We both are living in Delhi.

Legal validity of consensual relationship with brother

It is a complicated situation for me, I am a 40 year old lady. My husband was an abuser and we have legally divorced 6 years ago without any issues left. I left my hometown, came to Delhi to join a job and started staying with my brother who is never married and a confirmed bachelor. The situation evolved into a consensual relationship.

It is full of love and trust and now I am expecting a child at this age with my brother. Nobody has any knowledge about our relationship and assumes us as husband and wife. Given that no societal issues will arise, what is the legal status of our relationship? Can we safely put our names as parents in our child’s birth certificate? Also can we get our relationship registered as a marriage?

Can I divorce my wife if our marriage is not consummated?

Can I divorce my wife if our marriage is not consummated? I got married on Jan 27, 2022 and my marriage has not been consummated yet. Thus I have not had any emotional bonding with my wife till now after marriage and she is very secretive and hides many things and she asked for time to get intimate. I do not have any peace of mind as I do not believe her and there is no trust in this relationship and so I want to put an end to this relationship. How do I go about this without inviting any complications?

Can the wife claim residence order in the husband’s self acquired property?

A wife who has been through domestic violence, left the matrimonial house owned by her widowed mother in law. Can the wife claim residence order in the husband’s self acquired property? Her Husband has a self acquired property in the same street of matrimonial house. Can this wife get a residential order in her Husband’s self acquired property? Even though she had not lived in the self acquired property as she was living in the matrimonial house which is a shared household 

Maintenance when my wife is living separately with my son

Sir, my wife is living Separately with my child. I have no property in my name. All properties are in the name of my father. I am only paying bills & other expenses because I am living with my parents. When my wife left my house I transferred forty thousand rupees in her account for the general expenses of my son. I don’t want to pay maintenance when my wife is living separately with my son. Should I have to pay maintenance in the dv case? She has filed a case against me. 

My sister in law is torturing me : Can I take any legal action against her? 

My sister in law is torturing me on very petty issues. I used to ignore her activities because I want peace in my life. She assaulted me on my first karwa chauth when I was 6 month pregnant and she shouted a lot and asked my husband  to call my di and jijaji. She was asking because I was weeping in my room for the whole day fast. They didn’t give me anything to drink or eat..there is some pain in my stomach. 

My sister in law came to my room and shouted and cursed me. And I was crying  the whole night. In the next morning, I admitted to hospital because of miscarriage. She is very influential and my husband does not listen to a single word against her. Being victimised by such violence I have decided to take appropriate legal action against her. Please explain which action I can take against my sister in law?