Canadian citizen groom/indian bride-divorce situation.

If you are planning to never come back to India then you don't have a lot to worry about. Parents are usually rarely convicted, though they may have to undergo one or two days in custody in rare cases.

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Unless you get a proper divorce you can be in trouble whether you are in Canada or in Timbuktu. Your  parents need not worry much about dowry case as the Courts now understand the abuse of the law relating to dowry - nevertheless,  as a measure of precaution, they can be protected through a process of anticipatory bail followed a regular bail in worst case scenario.  Get in touch with a proper lawyer who will help you with the matter as other wise once the case snow balls into a full fledged battle you won't be having time to do all that is requried to protect your interests. avbagur@gmail.com

Thanks for your advice.  I really appreciate it.  I guess i better start preparing for the worst case outcome.

It is good to prepare, but do everything calmly.

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You can apply for divorce in Canadian court. usually these are simpler and might mean only dividing assets earned during the marriage which might not be substantial between the two. Check with attorney might differ from state to state as well.

You can sponsor your parents for GC in canada or the super visa and get them there.Guess they can stay for 2 years. Work through a GPA in India on AB, petition/Civil injuction for all involved in mean time. Atleast in Canada they would be out of harms way.

once divorce in Canada, you are a canadian citizen being tried on Indian soil for issues which are not illegal in Canada. If worse gets to worst you can contact canadian embassy. with citizenship you are much Safer

If you have resources you could probably implicate her in Canada as she is doing in India for criminal implications, domestic torture etc..if she can bar u in india u can reciprocate the same in canada

People in this forum should wake up along with other groups like sahodar and consider a PIL against the govt of India and 498A or a class action lawsuit

Successive judgments by various courts and more particularly by the Supreme Court has considerably watered down the rigours of S. 498a.  So it is no longer as venomous a provision as it was a couple of years ago.  Nevertheless, a class action suit is not maintainable in such matters.  A PIL can be considered, but there have been enough PILs on this issue so the new one has to be really NEW to be admitted and heard by the Courts.  

On the contrary, instead of going for more PILs and breast beating, better course of action would be to sanitize the citizens in general and young couples in particular about the laws.  In the worst case scenario a counter claim from the groom on the bride and her family would deter frivolous and vexatious litigations.

Would she be able to claim any part of my inheritence(i.e. my parents assets etc).  If yes, what are my options?  Should I ask my parents to give an advertisement in the newspaper dismissing me from their will.  And maybe they can also add that they do not want any relationship with me.  Would that protect them from being hassled by the authorities?

What will you do if one day your parents advertise in the paper that they are "dismissing" you from their will, and next day they die?

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I do not really care if I get anything or not.  By the grace of god, I have everything that I need in life and also there is no end to greed.  I am satisfied as far as my material life is concerned.  My only wish is that my parents should not have to go through any hardship because of my situation in their old age.  I only want them to have a peaceful life, not involved in any legal, police matters.  this is my only concern.  I have asked them to come to canada and stay with me for some time, but they feel their health does not allow them to travel such long distances any more.