By Our Reporter,
WORLD
Court in Haridwar will on Tuesday 17th May, hear a case petition inwhich parents in the North Indian state of Uttarakhand are accusing their only son and his wife for not giving them a grandchild after six years of marriage.
Few days ago, Sanjeev and Sadhana Prasad, 61 and 57, sued their son and daughter in-law of not giving them grandchildren noting that they used up their savings raising their son, paying for his pilot’s training as well as a lavish wedding, demanding for the fruits of their parenting
According to a petition, the parents are demanding compensation worth nearly $650,000 (£525,000) if no grandchild is born within a year.
The highly unusual lawsuit was filed on grounds of “mental harassment”.
Mr Prasad said he had spent all his savings on his son, sending him to the US in 2006 for pilot training at a cost of $65,000.
Haridwar, Uttarakhand | Parents move court against son&daughter-in-law, demand grandchildren/Rs 5 cr compensation.
They were wedded in 2016 in hopes of having grandchildren. We didn’t care about gender, just wanted a grandchild: SR Prasad, Father pic.twitter.com/mVhk024RG3
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) May 11, 2022
The parents say they paid for a wedding reception in a five-star hotel, a luxury car worth $80,000 and a honeymoon abroad.
“My son has been married for six years but they are still not planning a baby,” Mr Prasad said. “At least if we have a grandchild to spend time with, our pain will become bearable.”
The couple’s lawyer, AK Srivastava, told The National that the couple had demanded the money “because of mental cruelty”.
“It is a dream of every parent to become a grandparent. They had been waiting for years to become grandparents.”
However, the accused son and his wife do not appear to have commented.
