Dylan Bettencourt
An Indian couple have demanded that their son and his wife fall pregnant within a year or face a R10-million lawsuit.
Sanjeev and Sadhana Prasad want a grandchild in exchange for funding their son’s education and wedding, according to the Guardian.
“My son has been married for six years but they are still not planning a baby,” the couple said in a petition filed with a court in Haridwar last week.
The R10 million that the couple are demanding covers expenses they have paid out for their son over the years.
They feel a grandchild would serve as compensation for spending their “life savings” on their son. If he cannot give them a grandchild in 12 months, they want the money back.
The amounts include a car worth R1.2 million that they bought for their son as well as R1 million it cost for him to become a pilot.
The parents are said to have paid for the wedding held at a five-star hotel and even the honeymoon.
To add insult to injury, reports suggest that despite the cost of his training, he returned to India from the United States unemployed.
“We also had to take a loan to build our house and now we are going through a lot of financial hardships,” the couple said in their petition.
“Mentally too we are quite disturbed because we are living alone. At least if we have a grandchild to spend time with, our pain will become bearable.”
The parents’ lawyer said the petition would be taken to court for hearing on 17 May.
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