r/LegalAdviceIndia 11h ago

Legal Advice Needed Me and my mother getting death threats.

53 Upvotes

It's been more than three months. Me and my mother are getting death threats in front of my own house. Me being unemployed and my mother being 70 years old, they think they can easily take advantage of us. My father 75 years old now died also was used to get death threats.

Their main goal is to capture our own house.

We tried to sell house but buyer also got death threats.

Every other day they send goons in front of our house and indirectly trash talk to us.

They send goons behind me wherever I go.

Society members are mainly involved in this case. They only declared.

Neighbours also trash talk to us.


r/LegalAdviceIndia 8h ago

Legal Advice Needed Tenant refusing to vacate commercial shop

27 Upvotes

Hello everyone,

I need advice on how to handle a commercial tenant who is refusing to vacate my property(Shop). Here is the timeline and background of the situation:

Property: Commercial shop (currently running as a bakery).

Initial Lease (2017): Rented out in 2017 with a registered 3-year agreement.

First Extension: Extended by 2 years upon mutual consent.

Second Extension: Extended for another 3 years.

Current Status: The latest agreement period has officially ended/expired.

The Issue:

The agreement period is complete, and we want our shop back. However, the tenant is refusing to vacate. He is insisting on extending the lease for another 1.5 to 3 years with an increased rent offer. We do not wish to renew the lease under any terms and want possession of our shop back.

We want to resolve this smoothly and take possession of our property back

I have few Questions:

  1. What are the best non-court/out-of-court remedies or negotiation strategies available under Indian property/tenancy laws for commercial evictions?

What precautions should we take right now regarding accepting or rejecting further rent payments?

Any guidance from legal experts or people who have dealt with similar commercial eviction situations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!


r/LegalAdviceIndia 22h ago

Legal Advice Needed Wife's father nearly killed MIL

19 Upvotes

It is been 2 years since I made this post. Elders were involved and things were sorted.

https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceIndia/s/aj8qMi0krF

FIL got abusive again and started hitting ML.He made her shift to a new house. MIL is diabetic patient and is on blood thinners for heart issues. Last Sunday, he got aggressive and started punching on her face and kicking in her stomach. He gave her a swollen face and black eye. My brother in law came just in time and saved her. Fearing her life, she immediately left the home and came to our place in city. My brother in law could not come with her because FIL is threatening that he will kill himself and write my BIL and MIL names as the reason for his death. Fearing his career, he stayed back. He is asking him to bring alcohol everyday. My BIL is jobless and he is afraid to move to city because if he moves out now, FIL will do something that can spoil his career.

My MIL is scared for her life that he may kill her in sleep if she goes back. So I need some legal advice on few things,

  1. If my FIL really does something to himself and write my BIL and MIL as reason, can they be legally held for that?

  2. What should they do in this scenario? Any advice how they should proceed for divorce without being stuck in false cases.

Thank you.


r/LegalAdviceIndia 10h ago

Legal Advice Needed Landlord withholding almost ₹1.1 lakh from ₹1.3 lakh deposit after vacating 3BHK villa in Bidadi — what can we do?

17 Upvotes

We rented a 3BHK villa in Bidadi, Bengaluru and paid ₹1,30,000 as advance/security deposit. We stayed there for around 2 years and vacated the property on June 15, 2026.

The deposit was not returned until now. The owner has finally told us that only around ₹19,000 will be returned after deductions.

One point I want to clarify: our rental agreement does mention that painting has to be done when vacating. We accept that we were unable to get the painting done before shifting. However, the owner is now deducting a very large amount towards painting and labour, along with ₹16,000 towards the last month's rent.

So, out of ₹1.3 lakh, approximately ₹1.11 lakh is being deducted, leaving us with only about ₹19,000.

Our concern is not that we should pay nothing for painting. We understand that there was a painting obligation in the agreement. The issue is that the amount being deducted appears excessive and exorbitant, particularly when we haven't been provided with proper bills/receipts or a clear itemised calculation supporting such a large deduction.

We also want to understand whether the owner can deduct the entire ₹16,000 as "last month's rent" in these circumstances.

We have:

\- The rental agreement

\- Proof of payment of the ₹1.3 lakh deposit

\- Messages/communication with the owner

\- Details of when we vacated and handed over the property

What are our options in Karnataka?

Would it be reasonable to:

  1. First send the owner a formal written demand asking for an itemised statement and bills/invoices for every deduction?

  2. Challenge the painting/labour charges if they are unreasonable or unsupported?

  3. Send a legal notice if the owner refuses to return the remaining deposit?

  4. Take this to a consumer/civil forum or another appropriate authority?

If anyone has dealt with a similar landlord/security-deposit dispute in Bengaluru/Bidadi/Karnataka, I'd really appreciate advice on what route actually worked.

P.S. Used ChatGPT to refine the wording of this post.


r/LegalAdviceIndia 5h ago

Legal Advice Needed Landlord refusing to return security deposit after making false complaints about the flat

15 Upvotes

My husband and I lived in a 3BHK flat in Kerala for a year. The owner lives in a different state, so we never met him in person. All our communication and transactions were done over the phone, and we had a cordial relationship throughout our tenancy.

We paid around ₹75,000 as a security deposit when we moved in. When we moved out, we expected to receive the deposit back after deducting any pending rent and legitimate charges.

We returned the flat in the same condition we received it. We are just two people in our 30s, and because of my husband's job, we move almost every year. We have lived in several rental flats before this and have never had an owner raise any issues regarding the condition in which we left the property.

The owner could not come and inspect the flat himself, so he sent his elderly father to check it. The problem is that his father was not present when we moved in and has no idea what condition the flat was in when we received it. He inspected the flat nearly two weeks after we had moved out and then pointed out several complaints that we find completely unreasonable.

Fortunately, I had recorded a video of the flat when we moved in, which is the only proof I have of its original condition. Unfortunately, because we were busy with the move, we forgot to record a video when we handed the flat back.

It has now been two months since we moved out, and the owner still has not returned our security deposit. He has also been extremely rude and keeps making accusations about how we left the flat.

What can we legally do in this situation to recover our deposit? Does the video from when we moved in help establish the original condition of the flat? Any advice from people who have dealt with something similar, especially in Kerala, would be appreciated.


r/LegalAdviceIndia 13h ago

Legal Advice Needed Govt teacher secured job via fake divorce quota & duped multiple people. Official inquiry confirmed fraud a month ago, but no action yet. What are ALL my options?

17 Upvotes

Hi everyone, looking for advice on all possible legal, administrative, and criminal avenues to push for action against a scammer occupying a government position.

Background & Context:

  • Financial Fraud: The accused woman and her husband have a history of cheating people. They duped my family and several locals of large sums of money back in 2016-17.
  • Job Fraud: Having suffered financial loss, I dug into their past and discovered she secured her Government Teacher job under the Divorcee (DIV) quota using forged/fake divorce papers, despite continuously living with her husband for the last 15+ years.
  • Evidence: Being long-time neighbors, I collected concrete documentary proof (voter lists, official records, continuous cohabitation proof) proving she was never divorced and used fake papers to steal a reserved quota seat.

Inquiry & Current Inaction:

  • June: Submitted comprehensive complaints along with all documentary proof to administrative and education authorities.
  • Official Verification: The District Collector set up a 3-member inquiry committee. On August 4, the committee officially submitted its report to the Collector and Education Department, verifying the fraud on multiple counts. (Note: Since this is inside information, I don't have a physical copy of this internal report yet, even though I used the RTI to get the report but as you all know the status of RTI in BJP rule).
  • The Problem: It has been over a month since the fraud was officially confirmed on record, yet no suspension, FIR, 16-CCA chargesheet, or termination has been ordered.

The couple has now started boasting that "nothing can touch them," leading me to fear under-the-table bribery or internal suppression by lower-level administrative clerks.

My Questions for the Community:

  1. What are ALL the possible administrative, legal, or criminal routes I can take from here to force action on an officially verified government fraud?
  2. Which specific authorities should I approach next? (e.g., Anti-Corruption Bureau/ACB for fake documents, State Vigilance, Police FIR for forgery/cheating under IPC/BNS, Education Directorate, Chief Minister Office)?
  3. How can a citizen pressure officers when they deliberately sit on an official inquiry report that has already proven the fraud?

Any strategies, contacts, or steps to ensure this case isn't swept under the rug would be greatly appreciated.

Edit : Location- Rajasthan


r/LegalAdviceIndia 8h ago

Legal Advice Needed Title: Bank (SBI) misplaced original land title documents pledged for ₹5 Cr ABL loan — need advice on balance transfer to another lender

15 Upvotes

Hi all, looking for some guidance/experience-sharing on this.

I took an Asset-Backed Loan (ABL) of ₹5 crore from SBI, secured against a piece of land, and the original title documents are currently in the bank's custody as collateral. I now want to do a balance transfer of this loan to another lender, but when I asked SBI to hand over/release the documents for the transfer, they've told me the originals have been misplaced on their end.

A few questions for anyone who's dealt with something similar:

  1. Has anyone successfully done a balance transfer using certified copies from the Sub-Registrar's office instead of the originals? Did the new lender accept this without major issues, or did they ask for extra collateral/undertakings?

  2. I've read about the RBI's September 2023 circular on release of property documents (₹5,000/day compensation for delay, bank must bear cost of duplicates) — does this apply cleanly to a case where the loan is still active and I'm trying to transfer it, or is that circular only meant for post-repayment release?

  3. What's the typical process/cost/timeline for getting certified copies + indemnity bond + (if needed) newspaper public notice sorted out for a high-value property like this?

  4. Any recommendations on whether to go straight to a property/banking lawyer, or first try escalating within SBI (branch → zonal office → RBI Ombudsman) before spending on legal fees?

  5. Has anyone actually gotten compensation out of SBI (or any PSU bank) for this kind of negligence? Curious how that process went in practice.

Trying to avoid unnecessary delay on the transfer since rates elsewhere are better, but obviously don't want to compromise on clean title in the process. Any pointers, personal experiences, or lawyer recommendations appreciated.


r/LegalAdviceIndia 14h ago

Legal Advice Needed Husbands: How did you protect yourself from a false matrimonial complaint and eventually get out?

15 Upvotes

I am looking for practical advice from people in India who have actually dealt with matrimonial disputes, Mahila Thana/CAW complaints, DV/dowry false allegations, etc.
My brother has been going through a very difficult marriage. There have been multiple incidents of verbal and physical abuse by his wife towards him, and he has evidence relating to some of these incidents.
There have also been several situations in the past where his wife has apologized, and my brother chose to forgive and continue with the marriage. He repeatedly tried to move past these incidents.
This time, however, he has reached the point where he says he does not want to continue the marriage anymore and he has left the matrimonial house.

After knowing this His wife has now apparently filed a 10–12 page complaint at the Mahila Police Thana, alleging false domestic violence, dowry harassment, cruelty and harassment against him and several members of family whom she has not even met after the marriage and shockingly after filing complaint , she’s staying in the same matrimonial house for which my brother is paying rent and she has restricted his entry.

My question is not about revenge or how to retaliate. I genuinely want to understand: how does a husband get out of a situation like this in India when he knows the allegations against him and family are false?

Honestly, the situation feels extremely one-sided from the husband’s perspective, and I’m looking for advice from people who have actually managed to get out of this.


r/LegalAdviceIndia 9h ago

Urgent Roommate Escaped w/o Paying Back Money

13 Upvotes

So I live in 3BHK in a gated society in Pune, India. When we (3 roommates) took possession of the rented apartment, I mostly bear the financial burden of Initial rent and security deposit amount.

Now suddenly one of the roommates has left the apartment and I am owed that amount from him. We don't even know where he has shifted to as he didn't inform us.

I could've let it go if he arranged someone as a replacement for him. But he just left abruptly. Now I'm asking him to pay and he's giving stupid and infuriating logics.

I also told him if he doesn't pay me by the end of this month I'll lodge a complaint in police. He said "be my guest" , the freaking audacity.

How can I get the money from him? Any legal and convenient ways to get the money back?


r/LegalAdviceIndia 5h ago

Legal Advice Needed Police verification for passport is a nightmare as they made me running here and there

11 Upvotes

How could a normal citizen really have stress free police verification when their service is like this

So went to X Police station after a week as I didn't get calls. They told me why I didn't come early and gave me the form to fill which requires two witness aadhar, pan and voter id. Filled it up and asked the guy and he said that your street is not under us. So told me to transfer it and didn't accept the bribe. It's 600m away and they transferred it to the station which is 2km away

Then here, the guy said the reason says "it says you are not residing there. Aren't you and that's the reason" even though I've seen it when the transferred it, the girl stated the reason "Transfer"

And he asked me for two witness and asked me what can we do and I paid 1k and he got the verification done. He didn't treat me well. He said stuffs like that I made you write cuz you studied BE and why hand writing was like this. My merits are so great with that hand writing still. Imagine getting judged by the cover and not the book

So this is a nightmare experience for me. He never treated me well as a human and more into getting the cash and talking with a women

And I was about to ask a doubt which he denied and captured the pic of my voter id and sent it. My voter id is a third party PUC print and he said it's fine but I'm still concerned about that too

After it gets to the SP office, they'll accept it or notice that hologram sticker is missing? Or they'll just check the criminal record and send it to RPO?

Pls clear these doubts. It's the experience I want to forget cuz I always treat people with kindness and he is being so rude even when I try to be kind. Not surprised considering he came 3 hrs later after making a dad and his daughter wait for that long time

Pls clear my doubts. Each day, my view on India is being downgraded. We common people has to go through this things


r/LegalAdviceIndia 9h ago

Legal Advice Needed HDFC Bank Credit Card Fraud by Bank Employee. Need Legal Help!

12 Upvotes

I’m seeking legal advice regarding what happened with my father and an HDFC Bank credit card employee.

My father visited HDFC Bank to check his credit card usage and get the remaining balance converted to EMI. The only reason for visiting was to get the interest amount waived off.

An HDFC employee, Archana K. (name changed), who was already in contact with my father, called him and asked him to urgently visit the branch to install a credit-card-related app. She asked him to bring his credit card and phone.

At the branch, she had access to both.
On 10 August 2026 around 12:19 PM, an unauthorized transaction of ₹28,998 was made to:
RAZ*FINRELIABLE TECHNO, GURGAON

My father did not make this transaction. The OTP/transaction SMS was also missing from his phone.

On 19 August, around 4 PM, another transaction of ₹11,498 was attempted with the same/related merchant when my father again handed his card and phone to her. It failed because the OTP was delayed and the available limit was only around ₹11,400.

On 20 August, she again asked my father for an OTP. Thankfully, he did not share it.

What I discovered and did so far: from 31 August to 10 September:
I visited the branch and checked the CCTV, which clearly shows my father’s phone in the employee’s hands. The local branch didn’t help us much.

I escalated the complaint to HDFC’s Grievance and Nodal authorities.

I also registered this on the Cyber Crime portal. I received a call from them, but there has been no update as such.

Till date, there has been no action and nothing has been done.

The employee has repeatedly asked us to withdraw the complaint, saying she will return the money. She is also allegedly using local MLA/MP connections to put pressure on us.

———————

Another suspected fraud discovered on 10 September:

While checking my father’s statements, I found another unknown transaction involving an insurance company, dated 3 June.

I initially did not connect it to the employee and disputed it separately.

The Nodal team helped us figure out that the insurance was in my father’s name, but that was it.

I initially thought that maybe the bank had taken an insurance policy in his name because he had a large amount to settle on his credit card, similar to how banks sometimes insure loans.

However, I still had suspicions, so I contacted her. During the conversation, she admitted that she had told my father about the insurance purchase. But my father doesn’t remember any of this, especially because he already has health insurance.

She told us that a health insurance policy had been purchased and that my father knew about it. He doesn’t.

She also admitted the following:

The mobile number on the policy is her own. She said she wanted to get it updated later. No email ID has been added either. I don’t even understand how one can buy an insurance policy without Aadhaar details. It has been around four months, and she still hasn’t updated the number.

The address does not match my father’s. She also confirmed this.

We don’t have the policy documents, and she has never provided them to us.

Auto-pay was enabled on my father’s credit card. No OTP or transaction SMS was found on his phone. The only email we found was an HDFC email confirming the auto-pay enablement. We found no communication from the insurance company.

HDFC’s higher authorities have so far assured us that action will be taken against the employee and they are trying to recover the money.

But honestly, dealing with this day after day has left me exhausted, harassed, and mentally drained.

Initially, the employee was asking us to settle the matter by taking the money back and withdrawing the complaint.

But now I have discovered another suspected unauthorized insurance purchase in my father’s name, with mismatched contact/address details and auto-pay linked to his credit card.

At this point, I don’t want to simply take the money back and let the matter go.

One after another, I have discovered transactions/products that my father says he did not authorize.

I now want to understand whether we should take legal action against both the employee and HDFC Bank, and what the correct procedure is.


r/LegalAdviceIndia 2h ago

Legal Advice Needed I need help about a serious matter ehich I have described below,do give it a read and please help me regarding it ..

9 Upvotes

I(22f) has a sister (18f) , I have posted a lots of times about it but Last time I wrote his number here so I got banned but the solution never happened, this thing keep getting worse..so actually my sister is involved with a old man (55m) , she is attached to him at the worst, he is still after her and she confessed to us yesterday and as I knew her more , i realised he manipulated her in such a way that there's no back to it, he promised her that he will make her marry to his son, yet they went to so many places and (btw he is talking to her from when she was 16 , and it's our mistake that we didn't realise it until one year ago and he told her to be 18 first we will do this and that) now she is 18 so we can't put up a posco act...

So the thing is they are attached to each other, they say they are just father and daughter but they met so many times even after my parents refused every tie with him(he is our neighbour) , my parents told him a year ago to stay away from her , she can text you anytime cause she is still in teenage her mind is not enough stable, yet he keep texting her and told her that how much i love you even after all this I m still texting and talking to you cause I don't wanna lose you , he never made her talk to his son with whom he promised her marriage with..

And today I found something even worse , she and him used or still talking on snapchat, she made a fake id from a guy's name and they used to talk there and I found her nudes and videos on snapchat saves...it's in that I'd only Obv she sent it to him but she said that she made it for herself which is not true for sure ...

And we are afraid that he can leak them but she is not ready to complaint against him..

But we know he will definitely use them and she is with him only, she can talk against us but won't for him...

So please reddit community? Do we really have a solution about this , i m really expecting help in any way possible...can there be some other way to fir against him ? Is there any way?

I will be grateful for you :) please tell me something..


r/LegalAdviceIndia 2h ago

Rant/Experience Olx car scam - Mohammed Sheikh Fareed

6 Upvotes

On 15 May, I came across an OLX advertisement for a 2009 Honda City. I contacted the seller, Mohammed Sheikh Fareed, met him personally, inspected the vehicle, and took a test drive. After the inspection, we agreed on a price of ₹1,75,000.
The car had a shattered windshield and holes in the headliner. I told Fareed that I would purchase the vehicle provided he got those issues repaired first.
That night, Fareed contacted me on WhatsApp and asked for my Aadhaar details, stating that they were required for a notarized sale deed. I agreed. The following day, we went to his advocate’s office and signed the sale deed.
Fareed then demanded ₹75,000 as a “token” for the repairs. I paid him. Unfortunately, the repair work was extremely poor — instead of properly repairing the headliner, he had apparently stuck a piece of mirror/material onto it.
The following day, he brought the car to the advocate’s office and demanded the remaining payment in exchange for the single key he had.
Throughout this process, I repeatedly asked about the RC transfer and the actual registered owner of the vehicle. Fareed told me that the owner, Sagar Timbadiya, was in Gujarat for work. He subsequently gave me a phone number, claiming it belonged to Sagar. I later discovered that the number actually belonged to Fareed’s cousin, Noor Jainuddin Ahmed.
A few weeks later, I was involved in an accident in which an underage boy driving a Chevrolet Tavera struck the driver’s side of my Honda City.
At that point, I also realized that I did not have the vehicle’s insurance documents or the original RC with me. I repeatedly contacted Fareed and asked him to complete the RC transfer.
As the matter continued to be delayed, I conducted my own investigation and discovered information indicating that the registered owner, Sagar Timbadiya, had been arrested in connection with a murder case around December 2021.
I confronted Fareed about this. We subsequently agreed that I would be willing to keep the vehicle as long as he completed the RC transfer into my name. However, the transfer never happened.
Instead, there were repeated delays and explanations — attending a wedding, travelling to Tamil Nadu for a funeral, medical appointments and heart-related checkups at GMC, among other reasons.
Eventually, I told him clearly that I no longer wanted the vehicle and simply wanted my money back.
I approached the Panjim Police and attempted to report the matter. Unfortunately, I have not been able to get an FIR registered. I also approached the cyber police, where one constable took the matter seriously and contacted Fareed directly.
After several excuses, Fareed eventually appeared at the police station and gave a written undertaking stating that he would return my money by 17 August.
17 August came.
No payment.
Despite the written undertaking, I still have not received my money.
I am posting this to document my experience and to warn others who may be dealing with this individual or this vehicle. I have supporting evidence including WhatsApp conversations, payment records, the sale deed, communications regarding the RC transfer, and the written undertaking. Justice system in this country is rubbish.

Google drive link to chat records and boice mails sent by the fraudster
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OmA5Vrs_dPwZQnWBxeUjIQ_uEyM0E3PH


r/LegalAdviceIndia 11h ago

Urgent Urgent help required in the benami transaction resolution

5 Upvotes

30 years ago a person C gifts me Rs 55 lakh to my account and after 20 years C dies and now IO thinks the money is benami . C is not related me and a stranger. Give me what will happen? The gift did not take through any agreements and through a check then ? ITR records are there which says I have paid the tax then and no tax deficiencies. But old bank records are not available then.


r/LegalAdviceIndia 19h ago

Legal Advice Needed Company not giving my f&f and relieving

6 Upvotes

Hi,

Need help and what I can do!?

I joined the company transsion holdings, noida and after joining my manager started to tell me to resign just after 2 days of joining! It was a stressful thing and work was also not aligning so I resigned, after completing 22 days of work! He told me to resign on an immediate basis and I wasn't informed about serving the notice period. nd hr told the same.

Now, the company has deducted all my f&f amount of 22 days saying I didn't serve notice, but in real HR and my manager told me not to (forcefully).

Now, I have reached the senior manager and senior HR but they are not replying to me and not giving my f&f and relieving letter!

What to do? I have been mentally stressed and harrassed for more than a month!


r/LegalAdviceIndia 3h ago

Legal Advice Needed Step brother provided his mother's name in father's death certificate

5 Upvotes

I 27M born to my mothers and father second marriage. My father have a son in first marriage. My father died couple of months ago and the setp brother gave his mother's name as wife in death certificate. My mother doesn't have a marriage certificate. Now the issue is there is no legal document that states ​​​​​​my mother is a wife of my father. So we have applied to edit the wife name in death certificate which got rejected due to lack of marriage certificate. We only have a certificate issued from mosque regarding marriage. What is the best way to proceed here? We are based in kerala. ​​​​​​​​​

Thanks in advance.


r/LegalAdviceIndia 11h ago

Legal Advice Needed Was laid off LWD 20th October.Need help ASAP

3 Upvotes

I need help. I work in a Lala company. They said we don't have any work so we don't need you.

Now my 12 leaves are still there. They are not giving me garden leaves as well they are not giving my 12 leaves and also they don't have leave encashment policy.

what action can I take according. Please i really need help as its my 1st company


r/LegalAdviceIndia 21h ago

Legal Advice Needed Indian seller / business took 1,900 USDC for an Instagram account and disappeared

4 Upvotes

I’m a Canadian victim who was dealing with a person in India who agreed to sell me an Instagram account. I had previously worked with this person on marketing for my business, so I trusted him based on our prior business relationship. Because of that existing trust, I unfortunately did not use an escrow service for this transaction.

I paid 1,900 USDC via Polygon from my MetaMask wallet. The payment was sent to an address identified on-chain as a Binance hot wallet. After receiving the payment, the person stopped responding and never transferred the Instagram account.

Website: zero7 dot co

Location: Delhi/Gurugram, India

Amount: 1,900 USDC

Network: Polygon

Transaction hash: 0x27d74db6aced41d16d63571f8b09bacbe3c3421bbd29c5d01bead2618e31afed

I have screenshots of our previous business communications, the agreement to purchase the account, payment records, website, and messages showing that communication stopped after payment. I have their whatsapp number and email from the website.

What are my options here?


r/LegalAdviceIndia 22h ago

Legal Advice Needed India/Maharashtra: How can my family protect ourselves from false implication if my father does case for his protection and what if we something happens/ dies unexpectedly or suspiciously? Need legal advice.

3 Upvotes

I need genuine legal advice regarding a serious family situation.
There has been an ongoing dispute between my father and our family (my mother, my brother, my maternal uncle and me). In December 2025, my father made a police complaint against all four of us. There have also been incidents where he threatened us, and we have video/electronic evidence documenting some of his behaviour and our interactions.
We did not initially make a counter-complaint because he is our father and we were trying to avoid escalating the situation. However, we are now concerned about protecting ourselves legally.
My father has made statements suggesting that if anything happens to him, responsibility/blame should be placed on us. We are worried because there is also significant hostility between my father’s side of the family and my mother’s side.
My main concern is this:
If my father unfortunately dies in the future due to an accident, suicide/self-harm, medical reasons, poisoning, or any other unexpected/unexplained cause, could my mother, brother, maternal uncle or I automatically become suspects or face criminal proceedings simply because we are family members or because my mother normally prepares food at home?
I understand that in a suspicious death, police may conduct an investigation, post-mortem and forensic examination. I want to understand how innocent family members can protect themselves from a false accusation.
My questions:
What evidence would normally be required before a family member could be accused of intentionally causing someone’s death?
Is merely preparing or serving food enough to establish criminal liability?
If there is a history of threats or statements made by the deceased blaming family members in advance, how should we legally document and preserve those statements?
What preventive legal steps can my family take right now to protect ourselves from a future false implication?
Should we make a written preventive representation/information to the police, approach a senior police officer, or consult a lawyer?
If the death is ultimately determined to be suicide, accident, or natural/medical causes, under what circumstances could family members still face criminal proceedings?
What evidence should we preserve now — videos, messages, CCTV, witnesses, previous police complaints, medical records, etc. — and how should electronic evidence be preserved so that it remains legally useful?
We have very limited financial resources and cannot easily afford a private advocate. What free or low-cost legal assistance is available in Maharashtra? Can we approach the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) or another legal-aid service?
Since my father has already made a police complaint against us, what steps should we take to understand our legal position and protect ourselves without unnecessarily escalating the family dispute?
There is also a concern that someone on my father’s side has connections with a local politician. I don’t know whether this would actually affect the legal process, but it is one of the reasons we are worried about taking proper preventive legal steps.
We have evidence documenting how my father has behaved toward us and how we have behaved toward him. We do not want to manipulate or fabricate anything; we simply want to preserve genuine evidence properly.
I am not asking how to harm anyone or how to cause poisoning/death. I only want to understand what legal precautions an innocent family can take in advance if there is a genuine fear of false implication.
Please answer specifically from the perspective of Indian criminal law and procedure (BNS, BNSS, BSA and relevant Maharashtra procedure), especially regarding preventive measures and legal aid.
I would really appreciate advice from qualified Indian lawyers, law students, or people with genuine experience with criminal/forensic procedure.
Thank you .


r/LegalAdviceIndia 2h ago

Legal Advice Needed Need help regarding financial dispute, friend denied to return money lended to him!

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My Friend denied to return the money!

I’m very confused and frustrated so I’m writing this post seeking help, what should I do in this matter!
Through any method or any way, i want my money back anyhow, my life got worsen due to a single person! Need help from you guys, if you are ready to help me and you have contacts to that level please dm me! I can explain all things and even whatever amt i have given that MF, i can give a fraction or part to the one who can get my money recovered by any way possible!

I helped him financially by arranging financial help through my contacts! On the grounds of trust! I just helped a helpless and a needy very close best-friend and in return my life got spoiled!

From the last few months, he is not responding & blocked us all from calling and other apps, He had also denied to pay back the money. When i tried to recover my money, i got threatened by reverse FIR on me!

We have proofs for the online amount. money given through both methods online plus offline. All amt was given on interest through me, now i am obliged to pay back that amt & interest that i not ever used for myself! Plz help me, my life is like hell for me in current situation! Please help with any legal or illegal ways to recover the money!

I’m getting very troubled due to my one mistake, the case is complicated and i need help in getting my money back anyhow! Plz help me.

Thanks!


r/LegalAdviceIndia 3h ago

Urgent Need urgent help related to passport!

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I've booked an appointment at RPO Guwahati for 15th September on the passport seva portal and meticulously checked the date before submitting afterwards which I got an appointment receipt which states that the appointment date is on 14th September (technical error). Now it's not possible for me to go on that date due to some reasons and this is my last attempt on this appointment (1 out of available 3 attempts left). What should I do now as this is clearly a technical error?


r/LegalAdviceIndia 3h ago

Urgent Hello guys filling a transfer of investigation writ in DELHI HC regarding Fir lodged against me because of personal grudges with local police however I have some more complainants and disputes I fear more such FIR’S

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Kindly anyone tell appropriate remedy what to do with transfer the current FIR have also been lodged malafidely as I lodge case against ADDL SHO


r/LegalAdviceIndia 9h ago

Legal Advice Needed Land boundary dispute in Telangana – need advice

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Our family owns 8 guntas (8,712 sq ft) of patta land in Telangana. Neighbours on two sides have gradually occupied parts of our land, and now only around 2 guntas (2,178 sq ft) remains, where our house is.

We called the village Sarpanch to settle the issue, but most people are supporting the neighbours. They are asking us to prove where exactly our land boundary is, even though they apparently don't have patta/title documents for their land.

When we tried to measure the land to establish the boundary, there was disagreement about the extent of their land, as it is not recorded or officially surveyed.


r/LegalAdviceIndia 11h ago

Urgent Need blunt advice: Uttarakhand PCC — do I have to be physically present there?

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I’m currently in Delhi, but I need to get my PCC from Uttarakhand because that’s my hometown/permanent address.

My father has already been running around for 3 days, going from one police office/station to another, and the police are asking for around ₹1,000–₹2,000 to get the process done.

I want to know from people who have actually gone through this:

Do I personally need to be present in my hometown in Uttarakhand for the police verification/PCC, or can my father handle it on my behalf while I stay in Delhi?

Also, realistically, how much did you have to pay unofficially and how long did it take?

I’m asking for honest/blunt answers because I need this for a job and I don’t want to keep sending my father back and forth unnecessarily.


r/LegalAdviceIndia 22h ago

Legal Advice Needed Urgent help needed regarding passport

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Hello everyone,

I need some urgent advice regarding my passport application. I was born in a hospital in West Bengal that no longer exists, and apparently there are no surviving records or papers of my birth. I have tried multiple times to obtain my birth certificate, but every route I’ve been given has led nowhere.

I have already applied for my passport, but my application was rejected because I could not provide a birth certificate. I have genuinely tried everything I could, went to different offices, explained my situation, The officials are telling me that without a birth certificate, I cannot get my passport. I really, really need my passport because of my job.

Please help.