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Hello all,

My divorce case has been pending for the last 2 and half years.

Spouse is neither ready for mutual divorce nor to continue the marriage.

Can I file a petition (21B) to keep a day to day hearings?

What are the chances of it being approved in the court.

My lawyer is not showing any interest in expediting the case.

It is now pending at the Evidence stage.

Kindly suggest!!

Hi, I (18m) have a court date on 1st of sept in karkardooma district court for a POSCO case and need help finding a lawyer - my own family and relatives aren't trustworthy and friends dont know any so dont have any connections.

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I dont wish to waste your time so i will write everything in pointers and wrap it up quickly.
If i come off as indifferent to the event, its because i am indifferent and numb to these events now.

I lived with my dad, brother and mother. After my grandpa dies, dad makes the stupid decision to send my mother to take care of my grandma to our hometown (instead of calling grandma here idk why).
Brother is mostly out cause of studies and for years i go thru non-penetrative SA by my dad.
From an age where i dont know whats wrong or right, for so long that i go numb to the experience and normalize it in my head.
I believe this event gave me a lot of emotional trauma like being numb to emotions for a large part of my life, feeling detached, depressed, serious self harm with about 70 cuts still visible.

Always have been distant with him, wanting to do something right after 18 to live by myself for reasons i couldnt explain, now i realize it was because i always knew he was a danger to me even tho i put the events in the back of my head and tried to forget them.

Now again fast forward when i grow up (11th - 12th) my mother is living with me, grandma too and brother is in odisha cause he got a job. Around this time I realized my dad is the reason of my fucked up mental health i decide to do something about it, any way to get away from him the moment i turn 18.

Life got worse as memories flooded in, battled with suicidal tendencies for a long time, felt i was 'impure' and still continue to do, grades got worse, his taunts got worse, wanted to end it all but realized i was above it, though i still needed to get away from it all because i had enough.

I started working on a plan to file a case and run away from my home, however one day he crashed out on me - i said fuck this shit and crashed out too. I told him how he has always been an atm machine and never a father, doesnt even know me as a person, doesnt know i have made over 200 self harm cuts, cheated and prolly still cheats on mum and biggest of all, i havent forgotten about the SA.
He tried to call me but i cut the call (i wanted him to reply in text). He calls grandma in the other room and tells her to give the phone to my mum, to who he says "(myname) se phone lelo, iska kuch zyada hi ho rha hai".
After that i lie to my mother that im going to the library to calm down, and i run away to my friends house.

Now i will go over this even quicker.
i contact the school and get an FIR registered {while i was still 17 btw] and all but i thought i am gonna get financial support and so would my mother, my research was GRAVELY wrong.
i will be sent to an ashram forced to end my CBSE 12th class boards, mother sent to hometown with shame (she mightve killed herself with that fate).
even if i get 'justice', my financial stability is destroyed if my father goes to jail.

i spend a night in some government kids facility thing, next day im escorted and my dad's boss bribes the guard to talk to me, i say im taking back the case he says good.
in court i deny deny deny, my fathers lawyers talk to me to tell me what to do.
things settle down and he bails out.

fast forward more, i have to report to CWC on 6th august to settle the case, a day after my 18th birthday.
my brother supports me and came back, my mother is uncertain who to trust and i have a good fucking job and have decided to revive the case on 6th. but when i go there n tell the truth they say im 18 and cwc is closing it now.

a few days ago me, brother and mum have shifted houses out of concern of my safety, i am paying all the major expenses now with my job and want to hire a lawyer to win my case. my biggest proof is that a father wouldnt say "iska kafi ho gaya isse phone lelo" after being accussed of SA'ing his child.
and realistically speaking, people often take cases back because of financial pressure, right?

my mother has been talking to my father behind my back so if she has any chat msgs i can use, i will (prolly nothing tho). dad has been trying to manipulate her to get her on his side obv.

thats the whole story, i am requesting that if you know any capable lawyer which you trust for this case, i would really fucking appreciate the help. my budget would be 5-10k per session? i can go to like 20k if the session is once a month.

TLDR : dad SA'ed me for years upon years, i finally filed a case (when i was 17) against my dad, had to take it back cause of financial pressure. i turned 18 on 5th of august and have a court date where i want to tell the truth. trustworthy lawyer needed.

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I’m in Madhya Pradesh, India, and need advice regarding a land sale.

About two months ago, I verbally agreed to sell my land to a person and received ₹5 lakh as token money through bank transfer. No agreement to sell/kararnama was signed or registered.

The buyer was repeatedly doubtful about doing the paperwork himself. He asked for my Aadhaar, PAN, Aadhaar-linked mobile number, and asked me for an OTP for slot booking at the registrar's office. He appears to have done the sale-deed/document-upload process himself without my physical presence.

He has not paid me the remaining full sale consideration and is asking me to come to the registrar's office, complete biometric/KYC, and execute the sale deed. Not sure if he will do that at that time or make excuses to pay after registry. As far as I know, he is taking a bank loan for buying the land.

I have now changed my mind and do not want to sell the land. I am willing to return the ₹5 lakh bayana.

My questions are:

1. If I return the ₹5 lakh, can the buyer file a police complaint/case against me?

2. Can the buyer force me to sell the land through a civil court?

3. Does the fact that there is no signed agreement/kararnama make a significant difference?

4. What should I do now to protect myself and the land?

I am not looking to cheat the buyer and am prepared to return the money. I just don't want to proceed with the sale anymore.

Any advice from lawyers or people who have dealt with a similar situation would be appreciated.

I'm a 25 yo female living in Delhi with her parents. My brother is 19 and is pursuing his CSE in Odisha. My mom is 50 and dad is 58. I've grown up seeing my father's temper issues and my mental health has also been severely impacted due to this. He always yells and threatens my mother and me. He says he's earning so he has the right to do everything and we have to do the rest of the things, including his clothes, packing and what not. If we object, he says "you're eating food on my earnings but I never object." He's really toxic and extremely egomanical. I haven't started earning yet and that's the only barrier in my way but living in a household like this, it really makes me stressed and blocked due to which I can't focus on anything. I feel like crying all the time and sleep in stress.

In the past 1 year it has gotten much worse. I've thought a lot about calling the police but then I don't want to create a tamasha in front of my entire society. My mom's condition is worse, she has taken care of him in best possible ways to an extent where she falls ill but he still doesn't care. Seeing her like this makes me feel extremely helpless because I can't support her yet. Her parents are also no more and she doesn't want to share any problems with her relatives. I'm looking for jobs but I don't have any experience yet so no one is hiring. My plan is to start earning a decent and move out with my mom. Both of us are living in constant fear that he may harm us. He has insulted my mom many times in front of maids and in public. She can't really say anything otherwise things may go out of hand. I really don't know what to do here.

Anyone please suggest something. I'll be really grateful 🙏🏻

I’m honestly so fed up with dealing with the police in Mumbai. Almost every interaction I’ve had with them has been unnecessarily frustrating and disappointing.

You go to them for the simplest possible thing, and somehow they’ll make sure you regret ever involving the police in the first place.

There are plenty of incidents I could talk about, but I’ll mention just one that pretty much sums up why I have such a strong dislike for dealing with them.

I had lost my LC (Leaving Certificate). I went to my college to get a duplicate, and they asked me to submit an affidavit on a ₹100 stamp paper along with a copy of a police report stating that the LC was lost/stolen.

Now, being reasonably educated and aware of how things work, I knew I could probably file an online report and get a copy. But apparently, that wasn't acceptable. My college specifically wanted a report from the nearest police station, with a stamped copy.

So, knowing exactly how this was going to go, I took leave from work on a Friday and went to the police station at around 12 PM. I had to submit the documents at college on Saturday, and they had promised me that I would get the duplicate LC the same day.

As soon as I reached the police station, they made me sit and wait.

And wait.

Meanwhile, the cops were casually discussing everything from tiffin boxes to girls to politics and whatever else. They weren't doing anything remotely urgent, but somehow I was the one who had to sit there for hours.

Around 2 PM, I finally asked how much longer it would take.

The response?

"Let bade sahab come."

To this day, I have absolutely no idea why a simple lost-document report required the presence of the "bade sahab."

Anyway, I waited.

And waited.

No bade sahab.

Finally, at around 5:30 PM, the SAME GUY who had been making me wait all this time called me to his desk.

He asked me three things:

Name.

Address.

Time of incident.

That's it.

He entered the details, and within literally 10 seconds, a printout came out of the printer. He stamped it, handed it to me, and I was done.

The entire process that had consumed 5½ hours of my day took approximately one minute.

I walked out of that police station absolutely furious.

It's not even about expecting them to work at lightning speed. It's the complete lack of respect for people's time. If something genuinely requires hours, fine. But if the actual process takes one minute, why make someone sit there for half a day?

This is the kind of experience that makes ordinary people dread going to the police even when they genuinely need their help.

And this is just one of the many experiences I've had.

I genuinely don't understand why basic public services have to feel like you're doing someone a favour by asking them to do their job.

i (23F) is currently working at a firm. i have to stay here for two more months to complete my work period, however ever since start of July they have stopped paying me saying that my work isnt up to their criteria but along with that they also said that they will pay me if i improve my work. So the whole of july i tried my best, there were days i had to work overtime and they also started using my work. However in August they did not pay me. When i went asking to the head lady (my firm consists of 12 people and its owned by 2) she said "oh it was already informed to you last month. we wont be paying you, your work is irrelevant and we can do it even without you" she continued to call me an office burden and said i should just leave rather than staying as a burden.

A little of backstory now: i work under a guy (lets call him john) and he gives updates to this head lady, when i spoke her about my salary and from the way she was talking it was evident that she did not ask john about my work and if it has improved.

I then asked her for clarity because i need to get paid to survive here. (Im literally borrowing money from my parents at this point. ) She said she will reach back to me with clarifications and where im lacking behind but no updates till now. Since she wasnt giving any updates i called her husband who is also the owner of this firm and spoke to him about this. HE WAS NOT AWARE OF SHIT. All he knew was i fucked up a little in the start and then no updates.

Im working without a pay and they never sent me a mail or gave me any letter saying they wont pay me.

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I was initially unable to complete my admission at an NIT due to an unforeseen family medical emergency. Because of this, I sent several emails/messages to the concerned authorities requesting them to consider my case.

Today, my application was finally approved, but the concerned authority has not given me further instructions yet. The problem is that today is also the last date to take admission at another institute, which I am now planning to join.

I have also sent several follow-up messages because I was genuinely worried about losing both opportunities. One person even told me not to message again because I was “wasting my time and energy.”

Now I'm worried: Could repeatedly contacting the NIT or withdrawing/not joining after my application was approved lead to any legal action against me? I have not committed any fraud or submitted ( only mailed the correct documents) not false documents .I was genuinely dealing with a family medical emergency.

Has anyone faced a similar situation? What would be the safest thing to do now? Please give advice

Went along last week to support a friend — his client's parents needed someone else there for moral support while he handled the legal side. My friend's an advocate, graduated from DU's Campus Law Centre with a first class, and has a few years of practice under him now, so I figured this would be quick. It wasn't.

**The background:**

 His client had been married since 2023. Her husband quietly married someone else without ever divorcing her, and once she found out, the family spent days just tracking down which police station would even take the complaint. Bigamy's a criminal offense, so this shouldn't have been complicated. It was.

We ended up at a women's police station that already had a small crowd waiting — a handful of other complainants, and from what I gathered, someone locally influential had come along with one of them, which said something about how often people feel they need backup just to get a complaint registered.

The officer on duty looked over the complaint for maybe ten seconds and pushed it back across the desk. Her position was that since the second marriage happened outside her jurisdiction, they couldn't register it here — go file it wherever the husband was.

My friend pointed out that his client — the wife — had been living within that station's limits for two years, and that's what determines jurisdiction, not where the husband happened to go through a second ceremony. The officer wasn't having it. Told him she'd been running the station for years and didn't need a lecture on law.

That's when he asked the question that actually landed: if the husband had married again in Delhi, was she saying the wife should travel to Delhi to file a complaint? What if it had happened in Singapore or the US — was an abandoned woman expected to fly out just to lodge an FIR?

She didn't really have an answer. Instead she got defensive and asked who he even was to be filing this, which is when he pointed out the parents were standing right there, the client's brother was right there — and if none of them counted, he was there as her legal representative and had every right to submit it on her behalf.

She told him to leave and take his papers with him.

He didn't argue further — just asked her to show him the General Diary entry, since procedure requires any complaint walking through the door to be logged, acknowledged, and given a number, cognizable offense or not. There wasn't one. He asked what provision let her refuse a complaint verbally without recording it at all. No real answer to that either.

Somewhere in this back-and-forth, he also mentioned that if needed, he'd move the High Court to have the station's CCTV footage of this exact interaction preserved and seized — so there'd be a record of the refusal itself. That seemed to rattle her more than anything else he'd said.

At that point he stopped trying to reason with her and just walked outside, sat down with the family on the pavement, and stayed there. The others waiting inside joined in. Within minutes there was enough of a scene that local press showed up.

A constable inside, clearly rattled by the crowd and the cameras, called the Inspector. The Inspector arrived, took my friend aside, and said the CSR would be logged right there on the spot, with the FIR to follow the next morning. Both happened exactly as promised.

What stuck with me was how much of this came down to procedure rather than confrontation. He wasn't shouting or threatening anyone — just methodically asking questions the officer legally had no good answers to, until refusing became more trouble than registering.