Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in India

I am an Indian girl I married to US citizen Indian guy, it was an arrange marriage...well after marriage I went to US and I lived there with him and his family, well it was a joint family..his Mum used to torture me a lot...she made me do all the household thing, cleaning, cooking etc...She never took me outside anywhere during my 2 months of stay in United State...I was very frustrated and a man whom I married was rubbish he never cared for me or neither showed his love for me...he was not a good guy I was able to see his reality after living with him...he was totally different, well he was trying to be very nice and good guy during his stay in India..but when I started living with him in US he was very bad and mean to me...he was also hitting me...etc well I informed this to my parent in India...well they never allow me to call at my place in India...but I managed to call my parent and informed them...well I wasn't sure that they were taping my phone
at the same time my sister was getting engaged in India and may Sister in law was getting married in India, so my in laws ask me to have surprise trip to India without informing my parents ot any one in India, well I was very happy that they were organizing surprise visit to India for me only with few clothes in my handbag...at the same time I was suspicious that why they are trying to be nice to me...well they said I have to travel by my own with one way ticket and they will come later, they didn't give me my green card...I was bit suspicious I tried to get out of the plan..but one of the staff said you can come back to Us even without your green card on the basis of you passport...well then I went to India..and after that they all came to India to attend my Sister in law's wedding...I stayed with them in India..after few day they ask me to stay with my parent for couple of weeks, during that period I left all my luggage and everything at their place..what they did is they stole my passport the took my boarding pass everything...and one of his family member cheating took my passport and boarding pass to US as I can never go back to US, after that my parent tried to get my passport back but they said ;look if you will try to get you daughter's passport back, we will make her life hell, as we will declare her bad character girl, and we will attached her photos with different guy and will spoil her life, well my parent were shocked, well they all went back to US they left me with my Parents in India. they took all my clothes, jeweleries everything, which I left in US..they never returned my passport nothing..well after couple of months one of his relative who was living in India came at our place with divorce notice and they ask me to sign it well I said I need some time to think...his cousin said that if will not sign we will make your life hell, and will spoil your life, as you can say they threatened us..after long thinking I decided to divorce him and he promise me that they will return my everything back to me including my passport, but they didn't do that I am still fighting for my passport and my stuff....but I have no proof that I went to US... I was even nor able to visit Us court as I cant go to US...I have my social security number...that is it...any suggestion would be very helpful....well this whole incidence was happen in 2003

Asked on 1/05/10, 4:18 pm

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RAJIV GUPTA (Cell: +91 9811284735) [email protected]

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passport is not the only proof of your visit to US. the visit can be proved by other means as well as there is record of your visit with indian authorities as well. you have an option to file a complaint under domestic violence act and you can also file a petition for divorce and maintenance and under DV act itself, you may ask for return of your passport and other stuff.

Answered on 1/05/10, 11:13 pm

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