Not Yet Giving Grandchildren, This Husband And Wife Sue Their Son And Daughter-in-law For Compensation Of Rp9.4 Billion

JAKARTA - Not in films or soap operas, these two parents are suing their son and daughter-in-law for billions of Rupiah, because they have not given grandchildren until the sixth year of marriage.

Unmitigated, the amount of compensation demanded reached Rp. 9 billion, with details of the length of the cause, calculating the costs incurred by both of them to raise their son.

It is the couple Sadhana and Sanjeev Prasad who live in Haridwar, Ittarakhand, India who filed a petition this month seeking damages of 50 million rupees (Rp 9,463,555,000) from their 35-year-old son and sang, 35, and his wife, 31. .

In the petition, which was seen by CNN, the couple claimed they spent around 20 million Indian rupees (S$2,700) to raise their son, who is an only child.

"They raised him, educated him, made him capable, made him a pilot, which is expensive," said the couple's attorney, Arvind Srivastava, Monday, quoted by CNN May 18.

"They see people in their neighborhood playing with their grandchildren and feel they should have grandchildren too."

"They said they did not marry off (his son and daughter-in-law) so that they could live alone. So they said next year, give us grandchildren or compensation," he said.

Srivastava said, as the couple got older, "there was no one to take care of them," and that "all parents want to be grandparents one day."

CNN has not been able to contact the couple's son and daughter-in-law, and it is not clear if they have obtained legal representation. A procedural hearing for the case is scheduled for Tuesday.

According to the petition, Prasad's family also bought a car for their son and daughter-in-law, and paid for their honeymoon.

Interestingly, the lawsuit, which targets the son and daughter-in-law, also includes a complaint against the daughter-in-law's family.

Although lawsuits of this kind are rare, the topic of family obligations has long been controversial in India, where running the family line and caring for elderly parents and in-laws is often considered a filial duty.

Sometimes it's also a legal obligation: parents can claim monthly allowances from their adult children under federal law, which seeks to protect parents and senior citizens who may not be able to take care of themselves.

A number of related cases have made headlines in India in recent years, such as a family dispute over monthly allowances in 2020 that culminated in a Supreme Court judge, telling the children involved, "Don't forget, you are everything because (your father )."