Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in India

Dear Law Guru,

My name is Deepak I am the only son to my parents(no sister or brother), When I was 21 years old my mother expired and my dad got married again to Geeta who has 'NO CHILDREN'.

After my dad got married I had lots of issues with Geeta so I left the house and was living with my grandparents(my biological mothers parents) for 2.5 years and after I got a job I moved on to my own house with my dad as I was independent and more bold.

At the age of 26 I got married (it was a arranged marriage) Geeta created lots of issues during wedding between the families and tried her best to break the wedding however due to the transparency and love between me and my spouse nothing went wrong and we are happily married now.

My father owns a big 3 storied building. Due to the issues between us and Geeta my dad decided to keep me away and let me stay with my wife in ground floor and he lives in 1st floor now.

Every time I used to talk to my dad Geeta had problems and restricted us talking with each other though we lived in the same building and used to fight with my dad whenever I used to talk to him so I stopped talking to him completely for his peace of mind.

Now since few months Geeta has completely poisoned my dad so much that he has started hating me, he abuses me and my wife every time he goes upstairs to 1st floor and is asking for rent and he wants to throw us out of the house. He also say that he will not give the house to me and give everything to Geeta(who has no children) and I mean nothing to him.

I have been ignoring for few months and now it has become intolerable. I want to teach him a lesson as after getting married to Geeta I have initially suffered and now my wife is having a hard time. Though we are having so much of problem my wife and my in-laws are so nice to me and treat me with full of respect. Since few months our life has become miserable so we have left the house and living in my in-laws house.

MY DAD HAS NOT CONSTRUCTED THE BUILDING ALL BY HIMSELF. WHEN HE GOT MARRIED TO MY BIOLOGICAL MOTHER 27 YEARS AGO HE HAD NOTHING MY MOTHER'S PARENTS LET HIM STAY IN THEIR HOUSE(GHAR JAMAI) FOR 16 YEARS THAT�S HOW HE HAS SAVED THE MONEY AND CONSTRUCTED THIS BUILDING.

Can you please advise what are my rights and how can I fight for it? Can you please tell me if my dad can give away all the property to Geeta?


Asked on 3/10/14, 7:40 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Fca Prashant Chavan Expert Edge LLP

11.03.2014

Dear Deepak,

"Let the bygones be bygones ... and don't dig and dwell too deep into the past". Your father remains the "controlling authority" of the two storey house that stands in his name. Unless you have alternate arrangements for your residence in an independent house or at your in laws place, I do not recommend you rubbing your father the wrong way. At the most, in order to maintain cordial family relations, you may politely request your father to transfer and register the ground floor apartment along with the water connection and the electricity bill to be in your name. Refrain from getting carried away by your inlaws and focus on managing your own family .. your wife and your children.

Regards,

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Answered on 3/10/14, 10:36 pm


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