PostedMay 12, 2022, 2:02 p.m.
An Indian couple is suing their son, demanding that he and his wife give him a grandson within a year or risk having to pay 643,000 francs in compensation, local press reported on Thursday.
The plaintiffs want a grandson or be compensated. (Pretext photo)
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Sanjeev and Sadhana Prasad, an Indian couple, filed a complaint against their childless son. They say they exhausted their savings raising and educating their son, now a pilot, and giving him a lavish wedding. They now want a grandson or be reimbursed for their investments. “My son has been married for six years but (his couple) are still not planning a baby. At least if we had a grandchild to spend time with, our pain would become bearable,” the couple said in their complaint filed in a court in Haridwar last week.
643,000 francs in compensation
The 50 million rupees (nearly 643,000 francs) compensation claimed includes the cost of a wedding reception at a five-star hotel, a luxury car worth 78,000 francs and payment for the moon the couple’s honeymoon abroad, the Times of India daily reported on Thursday. The parents add that they paid 62,000 francs for their son to benefit from pilot training in the United States, before he returned to India without a job, the newspaper said.
“We also had to take out a loan to build our house and we are now going through a lot of financial difficulties,” the couple complained in their complaint, “we are also psychologically disturbed because we live alone.” According to the couple’s lawyer, Arvind Kumar, the suit will be heard in a court in northern India on May 17.
In India, several generations, including grandparents, aunts, uncles, nephews and nieces, often live under the same roof. But, in recent years, the trend has changed, with young couples preferring to be away from their families, while many women, like the daughter-in-law in this case, prefer to emancipate themselves and embrace professional careers rather than become mothers in the foyer.
(AFP)