Dear Learned people,
I had filed for Divorce in Family Court Mumbai, almost 16 months back. The Lawyer who made my petition, made it a very lenghty one, approx 50 pages. There has been a counter DV filed by my wife thereafter. The stage has reached where I am supposed to file my Affidavit / Evidence.
My Current lawyer has prepared the Affidavit word to word copy of the Petition. Only change made by him is to replace the word "Petitioner", with "I say".
My querry is
1. Does the evidence / affidavit need to be an almost replica of The Petition?
2. Can we just extract main points for arguements from the petition and incorporate it in the Affidavit, keeping it brief and to the point, instead of the entire story?
3. Can we add certain developments that took place after filing the Petition, in the Affidavit?
4. Her father has filed a false complaint against me, accusing me of demanding money. Can I summon him as a witness to prove the same?
5. Do documents submitted in xerox (of which I dont have the originals) will be accepted by the Court as Documents of Evidence. Its her handwritten Love Notes to her parmour in her own Handwriting.
Kindly advice.
Regards