Legal Question in Family Law in India

wife seeking divorce

my wife is seeking divorce from me because i caught het cheating me. i have evidence only in the form of emails she received from her boyfriend. but now her family accuse me of manipulating the mails and that i beat her often. i do not want to divorce her because we have a daughter who is only six years old. can you help me. my in-laws are quite influential and wealthy and that scares me.


Asked on 12/11/01, 8:26 am

4 Answers from Attorneys

Umesh Bhagwat Bhagwat&Co.

Re: wife seeking divorce

There is no need to be scared.You should frankly tell your wife to discontinue her extra-marital relationship or be prepared for divorce.For any other assistance pl.contact me:-

Umesh Bhagwat

011-6434345,6280652

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Answered on 12/11/01, 10:04 pm
Bimal Bhaskar Bimal.B.Bhaskar

Re: wife seeking divorce

Dear Sir,

You have not mentioned which country/town you are living in, therefore I do not know what laws you are subject to. However I proceed on the basis that you are an Indian and are located in India.

There is no need to be scared of influential and wealthy inlaws. From what you have recorded, your inlaws have not threatened you. There has been exchange of e-mail correspondence between your wife and her "boyfriend", which you are willing to condone. What are the circumstances in which your wife has chosen to have recourse to this mode of behaviour would be relevant. Probably

you need to understand her better. You could have resort to marraige counselling and try to get to the root of the problem or else you could seek mediation/reconciliation through friends/relatives/elders in an attempt to understand why she is behaving in the manner that she is.

You could also resist the steps that she or her family initiate for seeking divorce, by duly replying to legal notices/cases filed etc., that they get issued/institute by seeking detailed legal advice from a lawyer. In divorce proceedings just like all other legal proceedings a great deal would depend upon the pleading & evidence the Petitioner makes/produces and the quality thereof. Therefore, if you have NOT been resorting to physical violence, there would undoubtedly be loopholes that could be made use of by you. Please explore all options and do not get disheartened. In case you need legal help you could contact me at:

Bimal.B.Bhaskar,

208,A.K Enclave,

Road No.3,

Banjara Hills,

Hyderabad-500 034.

Phone:+91-040-3351409;

Mobile:98490-54056.

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Answered on 12/11/01, 11:03 pm
Prabhat Shroff Shroff & Company

Re: wife seeking divorce

Marriage is purely a personal relationship. If, as you say, your wife wants to divorce you, keeping the marriage, despite your wife's reluctance, may not be a good option. The strained relatioship in a marriage may also prejudicially affect your daughter mental health.

However, you are the best judge to decide this.

The fact of your in-laws being influential or wealthy is irrelevant. However, you should always protect yourself legally.

Emails or no emails, since your wife does want to divorce you, and in case, you also agree to a divorce, it should not be very difficult to get a divorce.

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Answered on 12/12/01, 1:30 am
Satish Maheshwari Vakilbabu

Re: wife seeking divorce

Dear Friend,

I am sorry, but as a matter of practise, we do not reply to queries from the persons, who do not give their complete details, nor to the persons not directly affected by the problem under the query. We also do not give any citations to the seekers.

Therefore we request you to send your query only through the query form at the Free legal advice pages of the vakilbabu website at http://www.vakilbabu.com quoting the reference LawGuru.com.

We believe you shall understand.

Warm regards and happy new year

Satish Maheshwari.

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Answered on 12/11/01, 2:05 pm


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