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Indian Couple Sue Their Son And His Wife For Not Giving Them A Grand Child After 6 Years Of Being Married..

An unusual lawsuit is making headlines in India.








A couple is suing their only son and his wife for not giving them a grandchild after six years of marriage.


Sanjeev and Sadhana Prasad, 61 and 57, say they used up their savings raising their son, paying for his pilot's training, a lavish wedding and his honeymoon.

And now, they say, it's payback time - either the son and daughter-in-law give them a grandchild within a year or reimburse 50m rupees ($650,000; £525,000).

Although the younger couple have not yet commented, a detailed reading of the court petition shows that relations between the Prasads and their son's family is strained.


Talking to BBC Hindi, Sadhana Prasad said her son and daughter-in-law's refusal to have children had opened them to "taunts from society" and described it as "mental cruelty".

"We had no option but to go to the court. We have been trying to talk to them but whenever we raise the issue of grandchildren, they become evasive. Their decision not to procreate would mean the end of our family name," she said.

"We are very unhappy," her husband Sanjeev added. "We are retired. We want to be grandparents. We are even willing to look after their children. Grandchildren bring joy into people's lives, but we are being deprived of it."

The case of disappointed parents taking their children to court for not giving them grandchildren is perhaps a first in the country but, as many would say, having a child in India is almost never just a couple's decision.


Everyone - from parents and parents-in-law to near and distant relatives and the wider society - has a say in the matter and in most cases, families begin nudging couples towards starting a family even before the bride's henna has faded.


"In India, marriages are between families and not just a couple," explains social anthropologist Prof AR Vasavi.


The "cultural logic" in what the Prasads are doing is that "expecting grandchildren is a norm".

"They feel they have the right to a grandchild because in our society marriage is seen as an institution that sanctifies procreation and once married you are expected to reproduce for the family, the caste and the community.

"They are also using the economic rationale that since I've spent money on your education and upbringing so now you have to fulfil my cultural rights whether you like it or not."

This expectation of parents that it's the duty of their children to provide them with grandchildren cuts across caste, class and religious differences and transcends the urban-rural divide.


In India, the Supreme Court has recognised it as "the moral duty and legal obligation" of a son to take care of his parents in old age, but campaigners say that the decision to have a baby or not is essentially a woman's.

But many married women say this pressure to procreate from family and society - even when "subtle" - puts unnecessary stress on them.

from BBC.com

17 comments:

  1. Hehe, this is funny 🀣🀣🀣🀣 the couple should do the needful o.

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  2. Them born you come this life, you enjoy all the goodies life has to offer, e reach your turn now, you de wear condom sleep.
    Abeg sue their asses. Ungrateful children

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  3. NekwaπŸ˜²πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

    Well I am coming let me go and sue my dad, he pissed me off last week.
    πŸ˜ƒ

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  4. Abeg Stella, you for no post this news oh. Make my in-law no see am begin de get ideas.

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  5. This is soooo funny. Do I blame the parents seeking for grandchildren? No. To them, that is what elongates their lives and bring them happiness and yes they deserve to happy. their willingness to even take care of the grandchild(ren) shows how important this is to them. their son and wife should do the needful, wahala no dey finish sha.

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  6. The couple should enter supermarket, pick one off the shelf, pay at the counter, wrap it up nicely, tie it with red ribbon and have it delivered at their doorstep. Nonsense talk!

    If it were easy, why didn't they have more children/sons themselves? If I were the judge, I'd rule that the son provides them with 30ml of sperma****** every month for 6 months to offset his "gbese" according to them. They can get surrogates to have as many grandkids as they want. I understand how they can be concerned but their decision to take this to court as parents reeks of selfishness and gross insensitivity. This one will soon start trending over there now. Ndi India, ndewo nu o!

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    1. They are not Trying To Conceive, they just decided that they don't want kids and it's wrong nau

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    2. Their marriage, their decision, their choice

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  7. Hahaha this is really funny

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  8. Maybe the couple are TTC.But if not please let your parent in on it. All they want are granchildren

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  9. Very interesting lawsuit. It would be good to see how it develops

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  10. Silly, entitled parents. What your children decide to do or not do with their reproductive organs isn’t any of your business, you’ve lived your life so allow them to live their child-free life if that’s what they want. Very irksome story.

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  11. With this kind of parents, I understand why the son decided to end the legacy of abuse and lock up. The parents should feel free to adopt a grown child who is ready to have children. You can't force that on your child or his wife.

    Your children don't owe you children. You played rough play and conceived them. You owe them a decent upbringing and education, they don't owe you for doing what you ought to do. The big wedding, you threw for yourself so your gossip mates can be impressed. The education, you owed to your son for relocating him down from heaven decades ago.

    Not everyone wants to be a parent and the sooner you realize that and close your ears from neighborhood gossip, the happier you will be.

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  12. If na ds one b Nigeria problem , e fon better..

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