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Hello ma'am,

Your lawyer should and I think will make a good case with his submissions and arguments to ensure that you get sufficient maintenance. Husband can give whatever excuse or ground for not paying but the law requires them to pay the maintenance to the wife.
The court shall take care of the maintenane part but for the amount you and your lawyer need to convince the court for the same.

Dear client,

If your husband has sent a divorce notice citing mental cruelty but you wish to continue the marriage, you can respond by formally rejecting the divorce and asserting your intention to continue the marriage. In your legal reply, you can also request “restitution of conjugal rights” under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, which allows a spouse to apply to the court to restore cohabitation if the other spouse has withdrawn from the marriage without reasonable cause. Cour

Dear Client,

Under the Hindu Marriage Act, if your husband has filed a petition for judicial separation or divorce in Pune and you are living in West Bengal with no source of income, you have several legal rights and remedies. First, you can file an application under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act before the same Pune court seeking interim maintenance and litigation expenses, as a spouse without income is entitled to financial support during the case.

Second, you can request the court

Dear client,

If you do not wish to consent to the divorce and intend to continue the marriage, you should vigorously contest the divorce petition filed under Section 13(1)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act. The burden lies on the husband to prove cruelty, and unless he is able to discharge that burden with cogent evidence, the Family Court can dismiss the divorce petition.

To clearly demonstrate your intention to preserve the marriage, you may also file a petition for Restitution of Conjugal Right

Dear client,

Divorce and judicial separation in India are governed by personal laws, which differ based on the religion of the parties. The grounds, procedure, and remedies available depend upon the applicable law.

Under Hindu Law (Hindu Marriage Act, 1955), divorce may be sought either by mutual consent or on contested grounds such as cruelty, desertion, adultery, conversion, mental disorder, or irretrievable breakdown of marriage (as recognised by courts). Mutual consent divorce requires bot

Dear Sir,

House built from your self-earned income

If:

The land is in your name, and

Construction is from your salary/business income, loans repaid by you,

Wife has NO ownership share in the house.

Courts treat this as self-acquired property.

Dear Clear,
Under Section 125 Cr. PC(Section 144 of BNSS), any person having sufficient means is liable to support his wife and children, provided she is unable to maintain herself and her children, once an application is filed by the aggrieved spouse seeking maintenance from her husband in the Family Court. A maintenance case under Section 125 Cr. PC can be filed in the court of Judicial Magistrate or the Family Court in a district where the respondent is currently resides or where the couple

Dear Sir,

Divorce – Strong Grounds Available

You have valid grounds for divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955:

Cruelty (Section 13(1)(ia))

Courts consider:

Financial cheating

Manipulation by in-laws

Mental harassment

Threats to recover money not legally due

Your facts squarely fit “mental cruelty”.

Fraud & Misrepresentation

Marriage followed by systematic financial exploitation

False inducement through family members

Dear Sir,
When talking at Bharosa Cell or through advocate, say:

“We have been living separately for more than two years with no possibility of reconciliation. I am willing to dissolve the marriage peacefully through mutual consent. I did not take any dowry, and I am not responsible for any past or future claims. If you are financially independent, I propose a mutual divorce with full and final settlement without monetary exchange. If not acceptable, I will pursue legal remedies through court

Dear Client,
Your query lacks information and transparency to address it properly. However, be informed that the specific remedy to the given status of your case depends on how the case was "disposed of." So, to understand the ground of disposal of your divorce case, a certified copy of order or decree is required to chalk out the next course of action. If the disposal is considered a final order or decree, then you can file an appeal with the High Court within 90 days from the date of the ord