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A Long read.
Hi everyone,
I’m writing this out of sheer frustration, helplessness, and concern for my sister’s safety. I currently live outside India and, due to visa complications, cannot travel back to help her in person. I sincerely request everyone, especially the lawyers in this community, to read this with an open mind and offer impartial legal advice, particularly because my brother-in-law is himself a practicing lawyer.
Background
My sister married my brother-in-law in 2014, and they have two children, a 12year-old daughter and a 7 year-old son.
At the time of their marriage, my brother-in-law was working as a manager in the legal department of a government bank. My sister is also a senior government employee, working as a CA
One of the reasons she agreed to the marriage was the financial stability and security of both having government jobs. However, a few years into their marriage, he decided to resign and establish his own legal practice. My sister strongly opposed this decision, although they had never explicitly discussed it as a condition before marriage.
That disagreement created tension between them, but what followed was far more serious.
Domestic Violence and Emotional Abuse
Over the past 2–3 years, my brother-in-law has allegedly become increasingly aggressive, controlling, and physically violent toward my sister.
According to her, he frequently initiates discussions over minor issues, deliberately escalates them into arguments, and eventually physically assaults her.
He repeatedly accuses her of having extramarital affairs, consuming alcohol, and using drugs, without presenting any evidence. I have known my sister all my life, and these allegations are completely inconsistent with the person I know.
His suspicion has reached a point where even a work-related phone call with a male colleague can trigger an argument.
Recently, he presented her with a document containing 16 conditions that she is expected to follow. Some of these include:
No communication with male colleagues.
Mandatory sharing of her phone’s location.
Returning directly home from work without stopping anywhere.
These are just a few of the conditions. To me, this is not a marriage anymore; it is an attempt to control every aspect of her life.
Financial Threats and Intimidation
My sister invested approximately ₹90 lakh of her personal savings into a house they purchased for around ₹3 crore. As a result, she now has limited savings of her own.
My brother-in-law regularly threatens to throw her out of the house without returning any of her financial contribution.
He also threatens to take custody of both children if she ever seeks a divorce.
What concerns me even more is that he repeatedly uses his profession as a lawyer to intimidate her. He claims he can fabricate legal cases against her, get her suspended from her government job, and destroy her reputation among colleagues, friends, and relatives.
Whether he can actually do these things is another matter, but the constant threats have left her terrified.
Her Mental and Emotional Condition
My sister has always been a strong, independent, educated, and professionally successful woman. But the person I speak to these days is someone I barely recognize.
She is emotionally exhausted, constantly anxious, and struggling to cope with the situation.
She rarely discusses these issues with anyone outside the family because she fears being judged and worries about the family’s reputation.
She shares most of her experiences with me, and I have assured her that she can call me anytime, regardless of the time difference.
But listening to her describe what she is going through, while knowing I cannot physically be there to protect her, leaves me feeling angry, frustrated, and completely helpless.
She is particularly afraid that if she initiates divorce proceedings, he will retaliate with false cases, damage her career, and attempt to separate her from her children.
At this point, she is not even interested in claiming her share of the house. She simply wants peace, safety, and her children.
My Questions to the Lawyers in This Community
I would genuinely appreciate guidance on the following:
What legal protection can my sister seek against ongoing physical violence, intimidation, and threats?
Can her husband realistically jeopardize her government employment by filing false complaints or cases?
How can she protect herself against retaliatory litigation, considering that her husband is a practicing lawyer?
What are her rights regarding custody of her 13-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son?
What precautions should she take before initiating separation or divorce proceedings?
How can she safely document the abuse and threats without exposing herself to further danger?
I understand that being a lawyer does not place anyone above the law. However, my sister genuinely fears that her husband knows how to manipulate legal procedures and make her life miserable through prolonged litigation.
I am not looking for revenge or trying to misuse the legal system against him. All I want is for my sister and her children to live safely, without fear, humiliation, or constant threats.
If anyone has handled a similar situation, especially one involving an abusive spouse who is also a lawyer, your advice would mean a great deal to us.
Thank you sincerely for taking the time to read this lengthy post. I would be grateful for any practical guidance.

I’m posting this on behalf of my sister and would appreciate some advice on how to handle this situation.
My sister got married in January 2025. Unfortunately, problems started soon after the marriage due to constant interference from her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, along with issues involving her husband. Things eventually became so difficult that she returned to our family home in December 2025.
Despite everything that had happened, my sister tried to reconcile with her husband and save the marriage. During this period, she was hospitalised and had to undergo emergency surgery. Neither her husband nor anyone from his family called to check on her or ask about her health. My father eventually insisted that her husband visit her in the hospital, which he did later.
Barely 20 days after her discharge, her husband allegedly tried to record her during a phone call when she was still recovering and emotionally vulnerable.
Later, in an attempt to resolve the issues, her husband suggested that my sister and my father visit his parents to discuss the matter. My father and sister went there with the intention of finding a solution and helping her return to her matrimonial home.
However, the discussion turned into an argument. From his family, only his mother and sister actively participated in the argument, while his father and husband remained silent spectators.
Eventually, her husband took her into a separate room and told her to apologise to his parents so that the matter could be resolved. My sister agreed and apologised, even though she did not believe she was at fault, because she genuinely wanted to save her marriage and return to her matrimonial home.
However, immediately after the apology, her mother-in-law told her that she could not stay in their house and asked my father to arrange a separate flat for my sister and her husband. My father said that if they were unwilling to let her stay there, he would take his daughter back home.
Since then, my uncles have been trying to mediate between both families and resolve the matter amicably. However, my sister’s in-laws have been unwilling to sit down and have a proper discussion. Her husband has become even more hostile towards her and is refusing to live with her.
The matter has now dragged on for months, with no meaningful resolution despite repeated attempts by our family to resolve it peacefully.
Two days ago, my parents decided to speak directly to her husband instead of communicating through our uncles. That phone call was recorded by our family. As expected, the conversation became heated.
Following that call, my uncle received a phone call from sister-in-law (her husband’s sister). She threatened to file a case against my parents and my sister, accusing them of harassing her brother. She also threatened to put them behind bars for 17–18 years.
We are now worried that they might file a false case against my family, despite our repeated efforts to resolve the situation peacefully.
I would appreciate advice on the following:

1. What legal options does my sister have in this situation?
2. Can her sister-in-law file a criminal case against my parents and sister simply because of a heated phone conversation?
3. What precautions should we take if we believe they may file a false complaint against us?
4. Should we preserve the recorded phone call and any messages or other evidence? Is it legally advisable to use the recording?
5. Should my sister approach a lawyer now, even if no formal complaint has been filed yet?
   Additional context: My sister’s in-laws have been interfering in her marriage since day one. Our family has repeatedly tried to resolve the issues through discussion and mediation, but nothing has worked so far.
   We are based in India, so advice from people familiar with Indian matrimonial and criminal law would be especially helpful.
   Thank you for taking the time to read this. We genuinely want to understand our legal options and protect my sister and our family while handling the matter properly.

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Background:

My dad has two elder brothers (they both have lucrative corporate jobs 4 lakh per month, eldest has just retired). My dad suffered ear damage in his childhood so my grandparents pulled him out of school before he could complete 12th and made him do work in partnership with my grandfather's youngest brother after which it dissolved he got compensated with 5 lakhs this happened 20+ years ago. Then grandfather used my dad's money and his 2nd eldest brother's money(no proof of that) to buy a shop in Grandma's name for 11 lakhs. My dad opened a pharmacy in that shop and has been operating it solely(the business and all bills are in his name). Our family has an apartment style house with 4 floors, front side 3bhk(70 lakhs) and backside 1bhk(35 lakhs) and a hall on ground floor same size as 1 bhk. Grandfather owns all of it. We live on 4th floor 3bhk, 2nd eldest on 3rd floor and the eldest in noida and he gets rent from 2nd floor 3bhk. The grandparents live in 3rd floor 1bhk and they take rent from the 1bhk of all floors (+ 50k pension from his govt job). There is a storeroom on the terrace of which my family's stuff was moved out into a makeshift room made of steel roofing sheets and only the the other two brother's stuff is kept in the proper storeroom. We have a flat in noida worth 1cr now we bought on a 20 year loan of which 18 years are left and all the other brothers are jealous that how could my dad move ahead in life. Our shop has very low sale, we have almost no savings all my dad's earnings go into my college fees and brother's school and coaching fees. My grandpa does come sit on the shop for 1hr each in lunch and dinner time (so that my dad can go home to eat) but only because he gets bored sitting at home. My dad now wears hearing aids and he still can't hear properly, his hearing has gone by 90%.

Present:

Now the 2nd eldest brother wants the whole ownership of the shop and says if my father wants to continue working we have to pay 35k in rent which is just not possible. Since the registry is in Grandma's name, she has the power and and she has already given the registry and her aadhar and other documents to hum and will easily transfer the ownership to him. That brother also demands that if shop is not given to him he wants ownership of all the 1bhk flats instead which the grandparents won't do. There have been 5-6 meetings discussing(more like fighting) on this property dispute, which we have recorded on our phone secretly. My grandfather used come at our home seperately and tell us things about he will manage and not transfer ownership and such but then he would just blatantly refuse in the next meeting in front of everyone. We have recorded his private conversations with us too. We said we will agree if the shop ownership can be divided in half between both brothers since my dad has worked there for 20+ years now and now with his condition he can't even change jobs. They said he worked there rent free for 20+ years so now he deserves nothing. We said to the grandparents if you are transferring the whole shop to him, atleast give my father one of the 1bhk flats on the 1st floor. But they said they will keep the both the 1st floor and ground floor flats for themselves. Also this house was rebuilt for which all brothers gave 10 lakhs each and my grandfather has repaid both of them, but has yet to repay my father. They keep saying to sell our noida flat to buy back this shop, which makes no sense since even the emi of that flat is higher than the rent it pays and also the shop isn't running that well to buy it now and in few years my father won't be able to work properly anyways. We have refused to leave the shop and pay any rent. In a few days my grandmother will tranfer the ownership to him. My grandparents have always favoured the two elder brothers over my father. He was always treated as a servant. After marriage my mother noticed it and fought back and that's why everyone hates her too that she "gets angry easily". The 2nd elder brother's wife lies a lot, I have witnessed it many times and now she just says makeup things to my grandparents to turn them against us. Both of them are saying they have no money and we apparently have a lot, even though he has worked in hong kong and Japan for several years before coming back to India. We are thinking of fighting a legal court case since there is no other choice. My father is getting nothing out of losing this shop.

I humbly urge anyone to provide any advice or support of they can.

TL;DR my father had hearing issues in his childhood, made to work, opened a shop in Grandma's name made to work there for 20+ years assuming it will be named to him, now the grandparents are giving it to his elder brother who is pretty rich(worked in many MNCs). We have almost no savings and the loss of livelihood will have adverse affects since my college and my younger brother's school is left, we need advice and urgent help

Seeking legal advice for a friend who was driving his car after drinking a beer at a regular traffic stop at night. He blew a 400+ on a breathalyser where 300 is the limit (what the traffic cop said). This was a first time offence. I was with him as a passenger.

Now the cop has asked him to come to the traffic police chowki to get the "fatla" and then he will go to the Shivajinagar court with an officer where he is to admit to the offense, say that he was forced to drink 1 small drink by a friend in a party or something similar and just pay the fine. This is what the cop told us and asked to not worry about it.

He wants to understand:

- what is the actual procedure and timeline for this? Will his case be heard right away (within that day) or could it take a while (multiple appearances in court) after getting the fatla / submitting it in court? Is the advice from the cop legit or can it get him in trouble?

- is avoiding the entire process (collecting the fatla and going to court) advisable?

- what are the risks of not going to court? What are the risks of admitting to the offence? Can his license be suspended?

- any general advice?

Note: he is not from Pune, 31yr old male, driving his own (new) car. His license was handed back to him although usual process seems to be that the license is taken away (don't know if it's relevant to the case). He willingly submitted to the test thinking he wouldn't blow past the limit.

I really need some legal advice and guidance because I am going through a very difficult time in my life.

My father was an Army pensioner, and he passed away. My mother has also passed away, and I have no other family members to support me. Unfortunately, my father had around ₹10 lakh in outstanding loans when he passed away.

I am currently unemployed and have no source of income. I am extremely stressed and scared about what will happen next. I don’t know whether I am legally responsible for repaying my father’s loans, whether the banks can take legal action against me, or whether his Army pension or any other benefits can help me in this situation.

I would be very grateful if someone could guide me

I have a couple friend who are in 30s. the guy runs and Air bnb in Bangalore in his own flat this is based out of South bangalore. No about 2 days back they had a customer stay there - a couple who as it as we found out later were drug smugglers on the run from Kerala. Apparently based on a tip by some informant the Kerala police and Karnataka police tried to nab this couple from the airbnb itself but due to the laxity of the Karnataka police the couple escaped. The Airbnb has been sealed. Yesterday my friend visited the Karnataka police station jurisdiction this area comes under. The sub inspector there asked my friend for a small bribe to get his flat unsealed. Started from 15k and finally settled at 4k.

Now just half an hour back at 12.30 am my friend got a call from one of the investigating officers from Kerala police this guy told my friend to come tomorrow for vestigation related discussion at some hotel and to meet him in a hotel room early in the morning. obviously this sounds shady af and i asked my friend to message back saying to meet with my friend on Karnataka police station premises. The officer hasn't responded so far.

I plan to accompany my friend and his wife tomorrow but looking for urgent guidance on what legal aspects and laws and rights we should be aware of tomorrow morning while meeting the kerala police officers.

P.s. neither the couple friends nor I are from Karnataka. Not sure if this has a bearing on how the police will treat us but putting it out there.

I am seeking guidance from Indian lawyers, particularly those experienced in family law and Muslim personal law.

A Muslim husband and wife performed their nikah according to Islamic customs in November 2025. Their marriage has not been formally registered, and they have no children. Both are currently connected to Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

After approximately 4–5 months of marriage, the husband allegedly discovered that his wife was communicating romantically with other men. According to him, this behaviour stopped temporarily but later resumed. He has evidence of conversations, voice notes, photographs, video calls, and messages exchanged after the marriage through Instagram, Snapchat, and WhatsApp.

The husband says he has preserved this evidence. He accessed the accounts using credentials he knew through a Gmail account the wife had shared with him.

The wife has been living at her parents’ home for approximately one month following an argument between the couple. Her parents are reportedly unaware of the alleged affairs. When the families discussed the situation, the wife denied the allegations, while her father requested that the husband give the marriage another chance.

However, the husband believes he has already given multiple chances and does not wish to continue the marriage. The wife has not clearly expressed a desire to return and reconcile.

The husband is currently unemployed and financially dependent on his parents. His main concern is that his father-in-law may initiate a harassment-related complaint against him and his family if he proceeds with the separation.

I would appreciate legal guidance on the following questions:

Since the nikah was performed according to Islamic customs but the marriage has not been registered, what is the legally appropriate procedure for ending the marriage under Muslim personal law in India?

If the wife’s family files a police complaint alleging harassment or cruelty against the husband and his family, what immediate legal steps should they take?

What precautions should the husband take now to protect himself and his family against potentially false allegations?
Can the husband legally rely on the digital evidence of the alleged extramarital relationships? Are there any privacy or admissibility issues concerning how the evidence was obtained?

Given that the husband is unemployed and has no children with his wife, what potential maintenance obligations or other financial liabilities should he understand before proceeding?

Should he consult a family-law advocate and send a formal legal notice before taking any steps towards talaq?

I am looking for practical, legally accurate advice under Indian law, particularly as applicable in Gujarat.

Thank you to everyone who can provide informed guidance.

Earlier today, I was in the kitchen to making fruit juice, my mother saw me and aggressively took the oranges and told me it isn’t mine. I told her that this is a joint family household which comes in our ancestral property, so everything legally belongs to the family. I took back the fruit back and started cutting them. She started threatening me, calling me a slut and I told her "if you don’t like it, go to the court for property division" And than she just snapped and slapped me hard. I told her not to be violent with me as I will fight back. To which she got extremely angry and tried to hit me again but this time I tried to hold her hand and fought back in self-defense, but she picked up objects and hit me with them. I want to mention that she weighs 70kg while I am only 40kg.
I remember tryna pick up something for help and she started slamming me into stuff. Even tried to pick up a cup and throw it on me. It broke on my side as I was constantly fighting back. She was holding my hair pulling it hard and I did the same.
I told her to let go of me and I will do the same but she told me first I have to. I just wanna mention that she used to hit me as a child too a lot. So I knew if I let go, she will just completely overpowered me and pin me down. So I said I won’t let go until you won’t let go and tried break free.
In the end she finally let go of me and I told her I will call the police. By this time my whole body was completely shaking and blood was coming from my nose and hands while her hair was the only messed up thing.

The first thing I did was call 112 and asked them for assistance, what should I do to file charges? They told me to give me my address and will send someone. When police officers arrived, they sat down, completely dismissed the physical assault as a "family matter," and stated that even at the police station nothing would happen except for more talks.
Right after the officers left, my mother gave explicit death threats, stating she would kill me and poison my food. I have intact audio recordings of the death threats and clear photo proof of my bleeding injuries. I am currently trying to figure out my next legal steps. What do I even do?? The whole family is like “she won’t do it anymore just be in your room”.Everytime we had fights, she would cut off my access to food, lock up the kitchen and won’t talk. She uses me not being corporative = “I cut ties with you” = “let me make sure you don’t get access to food/ feel constantly anxious until you apologize”. As a child I literally couldn’t do anything. But now I want to do something. I don’t mind going far away but I will take my legal right over my ancestral property. Everyone is downplaying it. She literally gave me the death threats that all I am after is money extortion and I told her I won’t be exploited and give up my birth right. I am fine leaving this entire family but then I will ask for my rightful part in the ancestral property/ farmland that my mother keeps 100% of the money from.

i was a top IT earner in top countries of the world earning 8 lakhs a month. I had been fighting daemons in my head since childhood due to extreme family trauma, Then break up in covid, then isolated overseas, started trading and lost over 7-8 crores in trading and destroyed my life. I still owe over 2CR spread across. been a month i quit everything, whatever leftover family I have has given up on me since they know my screws and financial destruction is not fixable , they will rather be happy to hear I am dead. Have no one and and I have been roaming around streets of Kolkata and been homeless as Kolkata was the cheapest flight, Haven't brushed or taken bath since 2 weeks and scared

I have tried to end life multiple times and this time I might go for it as at least it will send a message that I wasn't a bad person just a messed up isolated boy who couldn't handle trading addiction and had no one to talk to. all the people in my life were so fond of me when I had money to shower on them

If someone else would have told me this story definitely anyone would tell to start from zero and build up but I would always be a runner and would die in fear what things of my past would come up. the kind of debt I have would not let me live.

it's Unethical to ask this but is there a way I can leave all out and start with a new identity, I am even okay to go to Nepal and build myself up again freelancing In tech, I don't have any money to I do not want to die, I am writing this from footpath with a condition worse than a beggar. I had everything and now I am not just at zero but at minus

I appreciate if don't give me hate as I am not in mental condition to handle anything as I lost my career, loved ones, myself. help if you think you know a way out even though this is illegal, and I am posting in a legal advice group, the burden in my head will kill me

To give some context, some of us formed a Whatsapp group for the people who are suffering from payday loans. It has grown to around 110 people in a day. Everyone kept on sharing what happened with them today and details like how many loans they have and how they got trapped in this cycle.

These companies are deliberately trapping the borrowers by threating to pay before the salary date so that they can provide loans from their sister companies. The moment the borrower took the second loan to avoid harassment including calling family members, HR and Colleagues, they are definitely trapped in this cycle. They are doing this before the due date when the Salary isn't even credited.

Most of us followed the procedure to deal with harassment. First we raised a complaint with NBFC nodal officer. After 30 days, we raised complaint with RBI Ombudsman with all the proofs but the RBI is literally sleeping. Mostly they are closing the complaints without doing anything or worse they acknowledge the harassment and will close the complaint.

We are left with very few options now. So in Whatsapp group we discussed about giving complaint to police. When we actually gave the complaint, in most of the cases they havent even registered the complaint. They are saying they have seen many cases like these and asked us to change the number. They are still thinking these are some Chinese loan apps , they are not aware that these are RBI registered NBFC's doing these things.

Let me highlight what these agents are doing:

1. Forcing us to pay before due date to provide loan from their sister companies.
2. Calling the numbers from the bank statements which we haven't provided as references even before the due date.
3. Calling HR and mailing important people in our companies. They are SMS bombing colleagues and HR's. Most of the people have lost jobs immediately due to this.
4. Harassing family members and relatives by using very bad language and threats of rape.

Yesterday they joined our Whatsapp group and they took all the chat history. They started harassing by making 200 calls in a day. In worst case some people also got calls where these agents are trying to extort money from them.

Some of the people in the group are dealing with depression and thinking of ending themselves.

These are the NBC's doing these things.

1. Naman Finlease Pvt Ltd
2. Ampire Finance Pvt Ltd
3. Devmuni Leasing and Finance limited

The main person behind these companies is Sachin Mittal who operates Fintech Cloud . He is on Linkedin as well. He is celebrating 1100 crore per month milestone with these companies.

We are genuinely clueless about what steps to do. The RBI, police, Cybercrime , none of them seems to be working. Kindly help us with what steps we can take further.

Hey everyone, I am incredibly stressed out right now.

I sent the money to a different UPI id than the one I was intending to, I got confused because both of them had the same name. I know it’s my fault. I took this Uber ride in Bangalore, I have the drivers name, licence plate and UPI ID.

Because it has been over 30 days since the trip, Uber has completely blocked the option to call or message the driver through the app due to their privacy policies. Level 1 customer support has been no help. I am a college student, and losing this amount of money is a massive blow to me.
I have also called my bank and filed a complaint but they mentioned that it was going to take atleast 35 days.

I have already escalated this to the Uber India Grievance Officer today, but I wanted to ask this community:

Has anyone successfully recovered money sent to a driver via UPI after the 30-day window?
Can my bank or the UPI app (GPay/PhonePe/Paytm) forcefully reverse the transaction if I file a dispute, or am I entirely dependent on the driver being honest and picking up Uber’s calls?
Since I have the vehicle registration number, is there any legal or official way to trace the driver's contact info safely to request the money back?
Any advice, legal steps, or bank dispute tips would mean the world to me right now. Thank you so much.

I also messaged the driver on gpay but he is not responding.

Hi everyone, I’m stuck in a worst situation with a flight cancellation and need advice on how to handle it.

First mistake. I saved my HSBC Credit Card on Booking.com. I was just checking the flight prices nd entered wrong CVV to check final price. The payment went through even without an OTP.

Timeline & Details:
The Booking: I booked an IndiGo flight via Booking.com earlier today and requested an immediate cancellation within 2 hours of booking.

IndiGo's Stance: IndiGo confirmed that under the DGCA 24-hour free cancellation rule, the ticket can be canceled with ₹0 cancellation charges if Booking.com processes it through their partner helpline (0124-4973825). They cannot cancel it from their end since it was not booked on their website.

Booking.com's Stance: Booking.com support insists that the airline is charging a ₹4,299 cancellation fee. They asked me to provide written document from Indigo. But Indigo does not have this policy on their website for booking partners.

Current Status: After arguing with the customer support, the customer support team raised a support ticket, but support only stated it has been forwarded to a "concerned team" with no timeline for a resolution, which is a major issue given the time-sensitive nature of the 24-hour window.

What can I do in this situation?
Is there a way to force Booking.com to honor the DGCA free cancellation window before the 24 hours expire?

Can I dispute this charge or file a chargeback with my credit card issuer if Booking.com refuses to cancel it for free?

Should I escalate this immediately to the National Consumer Helpline (NCH) or AirSewa?

Any advice on how to get this resolved quickly would be greatly appreciated.

UPDATE: Thank you so much everyone for helping with suggestion on how to handle this. After fighting for the last 24 hrs on various forums and talking endless to different customer support executives, I was able get full refund except 325 charge even though booked through OTA. Posting this for anyone who will go through the same situation in future.

I am working in UBI and signed Service bond of 3 years with Rs. 250000. in my case no structural training has been provided and ask me to sign loan proposal. in during 8 months i resigned from my job. now he is asking to pay bond amount. can it is reasonable and whether it is good to pay.

Hi everyone, I need advice on how to legally proceed with an incident involving road rage, physical assault, and police inaction/bias. Here is what happened:

The Incident:

On the Road: While riding my bike to a Triumph service center, I encountered a driver in an i20 who was driving slowly and holding up traffic because he was using his phone. While overtaking, I gestured toward him to highlight that he was on the phone.

The Argument: At the next traffic light, he rolled down his window and asked what happened. When I confronted him about using his phone, he dismissed me with a careless "chal chal". In frustration, I swore at him ("chutia") as the signal turned green and rode off to the service center.

The Assault: Unbeknownst to me, he followed me all the way into the service center premises. As I got off my bike inside, he approached and struck me from behind—slapping me on the right side of my head and hitting my ear. I was completely shocked. A verbal quarrel ensued, but I only acted in self-defense to prevent further hits. The service center staff intervened and pushed him outside. I took a photo of his car and registration number before he left.

Note: It has been over 24 hours and I still have pain in my ear from the blow.

At the Police Station:

I went to the police station under whose jurisdiction the service center falls to lodge an FIR.

The cops tracked his phone number via his car registration and called him in. He arrived within 30 minutes.

During questioning, both our accounts matched (I admitted to swearing; he admitted to following and striking me).

Police Bias & Threats: Instead of addressing the physical assault, the officers repeatedly interrogated and questioned me for swearing at him. While inside the station, in front of the police, the assailant openly threatened me—saying that if I filed an FIR, he would show up at my office, ruin my life, and file a counter-FIR. The police did not stop him or address these threats.

Forced Resolution: Intimidated by his threats and unsure of how a counter-FIR or legal process would affect my future/job, I hesitated. The police then insisted I give a written statement saying I would not file an FIR at all (I wanted to write "for now," but they made me write a total waiver).

My Questions for the Community:

Medical/NC Report: Should I get a Non-Cognizable (NC) report or a formal medical checkup (MLC) at a government hospital for my ear injury now, even though 24+ hours have passed?

Reopening the Complaint: Does the written statement I signed at the police station legally prevent me from filing an FIR or escalation with senior police officials (e.g., DCP/DGP) or the Police Complaints Authority?

Counter-FIR & Swearing: Does verbal swearing (chutia) in public give him grounds for a valid criminal counter-FIR against me, or is physical assault (Voluntarily Causing Hurt / House-Trespass) far more severe in the eyes of the law?

Action Against Threats: How do I legally protect myself given that he threatened to show up at my workplace? Can I request CCTV footage from the service center to preserve evidence?

Any advice on the correct legal process, sections involved, or how to handle biased local police would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Wanted to get some opinions on something that happened with Domino’s India.

I ordered from Domino’s items worth Rs. 1930 and they delivered one item wrong. I complained to their in app based AI chat bot and after 24hrs they credited 1050 points to my dominos wallet to be redeemed by October 2026 end.

Nobody asked me whether I wanted a wallet refund, and I wasn't given any option to choose where the money should be refunded. I contacted them and told them pretty clearly that I don't want the money in their wallet and want it back to the account/card I originally paid from.

Their response was basically a generic apology about improving their service and training their staff. Nothing about my actual refund request. Additionally over call they said since it's a topping issue it's in their policy to give wallet refund only. I asked them to give me that in writing but they haven't gotten back.

It's the principle of it. If a company owes me a refund because they delivered the wrong order, can they just decide that I'll get the money as store credit and expect me to spend it with them?

Has anyone here faced something similar with Domino’s or another company?

I would appreciate opinions from anyone who know can guide me about my options here.