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EDIT 2 : ( April 10, 2020 )Strangely, this answer was collapsed by Quora moderation few days ago. It was restored today morning after an appeal.On March 31, the negative test reports came in and my son was discharged from hospital and came back home in an Ambulance van.Health department staff visited and put a Quarantine Notice outside the door. Home Quarantine is now extended till April 19, 2020.Once again, I would take this opportunity to thank Panchkula Police and District Administration.Fresh set of clothes was collected from my house and delivered to my son at the hospital by the police personnel.Two days ago there was another visit by the police to confirm that all of us were fine and staying at home.Health department staff visits every day.Through these interactions I learnt that food is being provided to poor families on a regular basis by the District Administration.These are tough times.Our heart must go out to those less fortunate who are facing the real hardships either because of the virus or because of the lock down effect.As on 12:00 hrs on March 30, 2020 :How has the coronavirus affected you? :Reports came in this morning —— INCONCLUSIVE.It is neither positive nor negative.Second set of samples is taken today and sent for testing.Result will be known by tomorrow evening.For my son, isolation and stay in the hospital continues.For all of us, the wait is becoming longer.There is no alternative but to bear with the situation.Earlier Answer:It is the morning of March 28, 2020. India is under lockdown since March 25, 2020.I am 63 year old, retired civil engineer, now a stock market freelance consultant, blogger and a contributor here at Quora.At this point of time I do not know whether I am infected or not. I also do not know whether my wife is infected or not.That status will be known in next few hours.Why the concern?:My son and daughter in law returned from Texas, USA on March 22, 2020 , the last day the flights were allowed into India.After a very long wait at Delhi Airport, they were screened and advised HOME QUARANTINE and allowed to proceed to Panchkula, Haryana where I presently live.With a lot of difficulty they could get a taxi to come to Panchkula.At the same time, I was facing a lot more difficulty with the Residents Welfare Association of the Group Housing Society where I live.Some people were of the opinion that my son and daughter in law should not be permitted to come here.We talked to the Doctor assigned to Corona Task Force, Panchkula District. She assured that home quarantine is alright and the other residents can not dictate such terms. But it would be advisable to practice self quarantine for all the 4 persons at home.Somehow the people agreed ( reluctantly ) and my son and daughter in law arrived at around 7:00 pm. Remember, it was the day of Janata Curfew.Tension Again — Police, Ambulance, Hospital:At about 9:00 pm, a police person came to our door making inquiries about the persons arriving from abroad.After ascertaining the facts about screening at the Airport, seeing the HOME QUARANTINE stamping on their hands, he told us not to worry and left.It seems some residents were not happy with his efforts and made him call the Civil Hospital.Some 30 minutes later, he came back with a para medical person in hazmat suit to take all four of us to hospital in an ambulance.After screening at the hospital, we were again sent back to our place to follow the HOME QUARANTINE.Now we had the local hospital’s signed advice document with us.Fake WhatsAPP News Next Day :We thought that the ordeal was over.It is never like this in our society.I saw a WhatsApp message in the morning:“Residents are advised not to allow people coming from other countries into their houses and neighborhoods. Last night Panchkula Police lifted two people who had come from Australia and took them to hospital where they were found positive. “This time I sent a message to the society group that I will be taking legal action against whosoever is spreading fake news.It was retracted immediately.It appears someone reported to Police as well and very soon I had Police presence again at my door, this time to support us.They advised us to stay at home and in case of any problem call the Police and gave their phone numbers.Well done, Panchkula Police. Thanks for your efforts.Why the concern today? :I was already living under some tension. On March 26, 2020 around 10:00 pm, my son felt a mild fever.Yesterday morning, he checked the temperature around 8:00 am. It was 100 degree FNot high fever. At 10:00 am it was same 100 degree.He thought it fit to report it to the Authorities because we should not be spreading the disease.We informed the hospital. An ambulance was sent. He was taken to the hospital. Samples have been taken and sent to PGI, Chandigarh for testing.Reports will be known sometime during the day today.What Next ?If reports are negative, he will be sent back and the home quarantine continues.If reports are positive, he stays in the isolation ward and treatment begins.All 3 of us will also be going to hospital to be kept in isolation and tested. Again, we wait for the results—- Negative or Positive.This is my experience with the corona virus till today.It will change tomorrow.My request to readers :If you notice the symptoms, please report to authorities. Do not hide it. You may be fine but do not take the risk. Other lives are also at risk.I close it here as now I have to prepare for the likely visit and confinement in hospital.I will be very happy if that is not required.But being prepared is always better.

I have written what I feel are important things most people are unaware of and should know. I have tried to cover most important branches of law.This is based on my experience of past two years and I am likely to edit this answer in a few days to add more points -First thing -1. Ignorance of law is no defence -In the court of law, you cannot plead as defence the fact that you were not aware of the law. This is what damns most people! And makes the field of law extremely important if one wishes to survive in material life.2. While buying an immovable property - (Like Flat or Land) -Giving a public notice in the newspaper is a must. It doesn't matter which one. It need not be English. Any state language too will do. And any newspaper with some circulation will do. This Public notice is what protects your interest in the court of law if you face any litigation regarding your purchased property.Secondly, a legal search of the property (not to be confused with physical search) has to be conducted by hiring a lawyer following which he gives a title note. If you approach nationalised banks for loan to buy property, their lawyers conduct a search and give title note. But if not, you have to do it yourself.Lawyers conduct search by visiting sub registrar's office and checking the record of title documents.Example - You bought a flat without public notice and legal search, and turns out the owner did not have a clear title. Now you along with the owner are being sued for cancellation of your purchase.In such a case, the law / court is bound to protect the interest of a bonafide purchaser if he had given a public notice and had conducted search. If not, then the law is not going to protect your interest.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------EDIT -With due respect to all professions, this is a sincere advice -When drafting agreements like Sale Deeds or Agreement to sell (These are relating to buying properties), please take the help of your trusted lawyer. Most people try to save the lawyer's fees by getting the agreements drafted by Estate Agents. This in my experience, is a grave mistake as Estate Agents are not qualified to draft agreements. They have standard formats in which they fill your details.Every agreement that is drafted speaks for itself. Tomorrow if you end up in court, the court is not going to ask you as to what was agreed between you and the seller. They will read your agreement. Which is why, it should be properly drafted.An average lawyer will charge somewhere between Rs. 8,000/- to Rs. 15,000/- to draft the agreement in cities. An Estate agent takes around 4-5,000/- for this job.Even then, spending a little more money to draft a good agreement which will save your trouble later is wiser.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3. What should you do when someone gave you a cheque and it bounces?Assuming that you received payment for some work you did, and the cheque got bounced, what are your rights?The reason I am including this in this answer is the fact that time is of essence in a cheque bouncing case.The moment a cheque bounces with the endorsement "Insufficient Funds", go to a lawyer and send the person a legal notice demanding your money. This has to be done within 30 days of bouncing of the cheque. Once that person receives your notice, he is required by law to pay you your money within the next 15 days. His failure to do so, gives you a right to file a criminal case against him for cheque bouncing.Cheque bouncing now is a criminal offence and he risks sitting in jail for it.4. Streedhan in Hindu law -Whatever money, jewellery etc. is given to a bride in her marriage by both her parents as well as the groom's parents is legally her property. It is known as Streedhan. So ladies, if you are leaving matrimonial home for divorce, take your streedhan with you.Most people later fight for it in courts as gold is extremely costly.5. Devolution of property in Hindu Law -If a Hindu man dies intestate (without making a will), his property devolves as per the provisions of Hindu Succession Act. His mother, wife and children all get an equal share in his property.A man can only make a will and give away his self acquired property. There is no limit to it.If you have earned the property yourself then you can even give it away to a stranger.Don't want to give your property to your wife and kids? Make a will and register it!But if it is ancestral property, he cannot give away to stranger alone, as his children and brothers (now sisters) too have joint rights. What he can do is make a will of his share in the ancestral property.6. Maintenance - Muslim womenMaintenance of divorced Muslim women is actually a woeful tale on which I plan to write an article soon. Anyway, so divorced Muslim women have no right to maintenance from their husbands. Only if both the husband and wife make an affidavit to be governed by Section 125 of the Criminal procedure code, then she can claim maintenance under section 125.Why would a man do that? And obviously they don't. So, not only can any random Kazi nullify their marriage, she has no rights whatsoever after that. The law says that her parents, children or relatives are liable to pay her maintenance. And if nothing works, she can claim maintenance from the Wakf board of India which ends up giving nominal maintenance.7. Special Marriage Act.Hindu / Christian women wishing to marry Muslim men should know exactly what happens to their legal rights on conversion and marriage under Muslim law.Muslim men can legally have 4 wives. And if you married under the Muslim law, you have no right of maintenance.To keep all your rights intact and make an informed choice, marry under the Special Marriage Act specially made for such instances. One should not land up in a situation where one has to regret later.8. Registration of documents -Registration of all legal indentures related to immovable property more than Rs. 100/- is compulsory.This includes your Leave and License (Rent agreement), Sale deeds, lease agreements, gifts etc. Most people who don't register either don't know this or are looking to save stamp duty.Trust me, it is not worth it to try and save stamp duty only to land up with litigation which will cost you a hell of a lot more than just money.Registration means actually going to the Sub Registrar's office, and registering the document there and not merely notarizing it with a Notary's stamp.9. Police complaints and record creation.While giving police complaints, please take help from a lawyer. Most lawyers will draft the police complaint and give it to you. This is important because should your complaint culminate into a case, police complaint becomes an important piece of evidence.10. Limitation.There is a whole Limitation Act to tell you about this, but I will only talk about the things which happen most often.For most civil case, the limitation to file a case is three years. Your client breached your contract and owes you money, you have to file a case within three years of his refusal to pay. After that your suit is time barred and most likely be dismissed.11. Arbitration -Arbitration is a method of alternate dispute resolution. In this, Parties decide beforehand that in case of dispute they will not go to court but rather would appoint an independent arbitrator (s) to resolve their disputes.ON the face of it, this looks nice, you don't have to go to court, saves money time and energy. These days, it has become a trend to have arbitration clause in the agreement. From employment agreements to huge deal between companies, you can see arbitration everywhere.But in my experience having an arbitration clause in your contract without understanding the full implications of it can be very damning.For starters, people should know that once you write this clause you completely close the doors of the court. If you have arbitration clause, you cannot go to court. And an arbitral award is binding on the parties just like a court decision.Further, appeal from an arbitral award can be made on extremely limited grounds. So, what would otherwise give you three fora (District court, High Court and then Supreme Court) to appeal, is completely gone through Arbitration. So, you are left with no choices.Plus remember that bribing an independent Arbitrator is way easier than bribing all the judges in these three different fora.EDIT - As promised, and based on the comments -12. Pre marital sex-Consensual pre-marital sex is not illegal in India as long as the girl's age is more than 16. The recent Madras High court judgement (Couples who have premarital sex to be considered ‘married,’ says HC) is very interesting. Note that this judgment is not binding on other courts throughout India. And it is quite likely that it will be challenged and the opinion of the SC will matter then.13. Live in relationships in India -These are not illegal and any two consenting adults have the freedom to live together without marriage if they wish to. Domestic violence act too takes this relationship into consideration and a woman can get relief under the act even if she is not legally wedded to the man.In fact there is also an inclination to treat live in relationships like marriage in Indian courts if the couple have lived together for many years.Children born out of live in relationships have a right to inherit their parent's property.Also, children born to mistresses (illegitimate children, only to make it clear, I am personally against using the term) too inherit their father's property and can claim maintenance.14. Inheritance of ancestral property by women under Hindu law -Women have an equal right of inheritance in ancestral property after the 2005 amendment to the Hindu Succession Act. Women can also demand partition of the property and women can also be recognised as the Karta of Joint Hindu family property now.15. Public display of affection -Section 294 of the Indian penal code states that whoever commits obscene acts in public places will be punished for a term which may extend up to 3 months. The word 'Obscene' is not defined as our definition of it keeps changing with time.Needless to say, your regular kiss, or goodbye hug do not fall in this category. Therefore, public display of affection is perfectly legal. Only when it inclines towards obscenity, one may be punished.Also, unfortunately, in spite of a sane law, you may still come across news of policemen harassing couples.16. Pornography -In India, watching or possessing pornographic material is not illegal. It is illegal and punishable only when one sells, lets to hire, distributes, publicly exhibits or in any manner puts it into circulation.Reference - Section - 292 of Indian Penal Code and Section 67 of Information Technology Act.Will be adding more. 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This is my first experience sharing on Quora, although I have been here for atleast 3–3.5 years now.The secret is about my marriage. People say that they are ‘married’, ‘happily married’, etc: To me, happiness is nowhere even near me post my marriage period. I have never been happy after marriage, not even on day 1. All thanks to my finicky wife and her thankless parents.For the background, I belong to a middle class family. My father is a cop, an extremely honest one. My mother is a homemaker. I have two sisters, both married and have a son each. I am the youngest. Our family used to have financial issues till quite late, reason was that my father’s salary was the only source of income, and three kids studying, home expenses, etc were an overburden. Still, we managed through it somehow. I was one of the most bright student in my school, and everyone loved and admired me. I got through Engineering from one of the most reputed colleges and settled in a very good job.My wife, on the other hand, was fed by gold spoon since childhood. Her father is a hard working man, working hard, mostly absent for his family, but fulfilling any materialistic demand from them. My mother-in-law, a spendthrift, and a perfect nuisance. My brother-in-law, a spoilt brat, spendthrift as an icing, a total asshole. They belong to an upper middle class family, earning around 4–5 lakhs per month, currently.When we first met for marriage through online matrimony, I did not like her much, much for her do-not-speak-much attitude, coz I do not like secretive people. My ‘yes’ was never heard, as I just wanted to see my parents happy. Finally parents come up with a date and we get married.All my horrors turned reality when my wife started picking fights all around, from my sister, to mother, to father and with other relatives. When I tried to calm her down, she used to hit back, flee to her parents’ home, and unfortunately, her parents supported her. We tried counselling, but when the counsellor told her that she needs to trust me more, my wife stopped visiting her. My wife used to ask me about my past GFs, my experiences and my eventual reasons for breakups, and from a one god-damn small point from them, used to create an entire bollywood story from it, and shared it to her parents. Then they all used to judge me. She always accused me of having an extra-marital affair, even while talking to my cousins and nieces, leave apart official calls and friends. Her mother, on the other hand, used to pressurize me on having a baby, giving reference to her miscarriage at the similar age. Eventually, we conceived, and my horrors grew darker. Now she used to have mood swings alongwith her bad-mouth. Blaming everyone around her was now her daily business, that too for reasons unknown. We stayed away from each other for atleast 3 months in the first year of our marriage (maybe even more). At the time of the birth of our son, she calmed down a bit, only to make things nastier than ever. She left my home when the baby was 38 days old, and she never came back. Reason: Their house is small, the rooms are small, I cannot breathe there (fyi I live in South Delhi in one of the most posh areas, yes the size of rooms is comparatively small, but not that small that you cant breathe In there). She left me back and then she and her family started accusing me again for extra-marital affair, which never existed (atleast I need to have a female friend left to have an extra marital). She and her parents forced my parents to leave me if they want this marriage to survive. My parents had to shun me off their home as they did not want the marital discord and the future of my son ruined. I took a house on rent near my in-laws (as per their choice), in an attempt to make things good, but it turned out to be the worst decision of my life. Her mother started interfering directly, not only in the kitchen but also in our bedroom. I faced new allegations about my girlfriends from the past (2–3 years prior to my marriage). I was denied to touch my son when we had a fight, her parents intervened and wrongly supported her, misguided her. And then one fine day, to everyone’s surprise, I backfired. After 1.9 years of my marriage, I could not control my anger anymore and I yielded. I hit my wife while we were visiting my parents (after atleast 10 instances where I was at the receiving end). Reason: my wife sweared in a lie on my son, intentionally. What a witch!!! whatever I had been doing around, working hard, late nights, early mornings, that all was for the future of my SON, for the betterment of his future, and she lied onto his SWEAR. I broke my leash that day, hit her hard to teach her the one FINAL lesson, ‘I CANNOT TAKE ANYMORE’. Not contributing a single penny towards household expenses, infact investing them to sources known only to her father and herself (not even me) is not a definite issue for me, but my SON is a simple do-not-dare-cross-the-line. An innocent child, and he does not know what his mother and his maternal grandparents are made of, and probably never will.They are now trying to accuse me of dowry (which I never took), a car for which I made the down-payment and she herself opted for loan liability, and jewellery (90% of which is lying in her father’s bank locker, not informing me initially but eventually they had to; I have it on records)Yesterday, my son turned one, and I was not allowed to meet him. And this made my decision of getting divorced even stronger. I always longed for true love my entire life, sex has always been easily available all throughout the world. I do not crave for sex, but I do crave for love and affection, something my wife could never give me. All she (and her parents) wanted was expensive gifts, lavish holidays, any indirect way to make me spend my money. But for me, money is immaterial, love, affection, respect and peace of mind is a MUST.It seems I have seen everything post marriage, and I would not regret breaking away coz I gave away whatever I had, EVERYTHING. I may never love anyone again, but I wont regret it. My rebound will me a better ME, someone who focusses on himself, my physique, my health, something I missed out ever since my marriage, and MY PARENTS, whom I could not take care of properly due to the marital discord.Sorry for making this so long. And trust me, this is not even 1% of the trauma that I have been through. People, even the law in our country, can never judge a man to be a victim in marriage. I do not want to play the victim card, but I want the people out here to realise how bent this society has become.Forgive me again for making it longer. And spare any grammatical errors.ThanksEDIT 1: Thank you all for the overwhelming response and subsequent support through the forum. I believe that your support will ignite a new spark in me and strengthen me further for my future decisions. I still miss my son and long to be with him, at least for a final goodbye.PS: The amounts mentioned above are in INR. I completely forgot to mention that.EDIT 2: Though I still tried contacting my wife/in-laws to give our withered relationship one more chance, they chose to stay ‘off-the-limits’ for me. My wife had kept me blocked for over 6 months, and my father-in-law, kept expressing his inability to make her daughter talk to me.Finally, I chose to send an advocate notice to them, asking them to come forth and meet us for any future plans. But they again chose to ignore. After 45 days of sending this notice, I decided to file a divorce petition, which consisted of a number of documentations/evidences which would support my claim that my wife never liked me and did not even have even a wee-little amount of trust in me. After this legal notice, my in-laws came to their senses, and filed a false case of dowry and domestic violence against me and my family. Luckily, they do not have any sort of evidence (original or fabricated) against us, so every time, they spin a new story, different from their last one, giving us the upper-hand. They tried to do each and everything in their capability to get me and my family defamed, but luckily, since I am on the side of truth, I remain unharmed.During all this, I could also see the mentally disturbed state of my wife and empathized with her; how her reactions were beyond normal, either so happy at the minutest hint that she burst into laughter, or too sad that she would end up in tears at the slightest thing. I tried to talk to her into taking a second chance, but I guess, her ego was bigger in size than our relationship could ever be.Also, during all this, I got a chance to meet my son on his second birthday. I was so delighted to meet him. But it was equally painful that he could not recognize me. I know that my wife will be at the liberty of feeding whatever poison she wants about me to my son, but I believe that one fine day, when my son grows into a man of reasoning, will come to know the truth under the light of true facts and incidents.To everyone around, I would sincerely suggest:Before deciding to marry some one, you should at least spend time with him/her for 10–12 months. However, spending this much of time will not guarantee 100% success, still it would bring down the chances of failure in your relationship.I totally agree with the legends when they say we should actually look up for the image of our father/mother while deciding your husband/wife, because mostly, our parents are our ideal couple, especially because they have lived up through all the ups and downs in their lives.Do not go for someone too naive or too innocent, unless you belong to the same group. This is because once they get the slightest idea of you being secretive about something (be it true or not), they will start distancing themselves from you. As an icing, these ‘naive’ or ‘innocent’ people might become your worst nightmare.Do not fall for the parents at first, fall for the person with whom you want to spend the rest of your lives. Falling for parents should follow falling for your partner, not the other way round. I did the opposite, and here I am, writing this article.Do not indulge into too much of sweet talks before marriage. This would unnecessarily hype the hopes of your partner, and when not-delivered (not-complied), will lead to a tension in your marital life, which otherwise could have been averted.Maintain privacy between your partner and your family. There are things between the partners which the family should/need not know.Saying ‘I Love You’ will not save the day always. Feel the ‘I Love You’ part and you will stay happier.Men - Please do not always act practical. There are a few things which need to be handled delicately. Women - Please do not always be emotional. Emotions can take a back-seat a few times.Never ever compare your partner’s mistakes with your near-perfect parents.Learn to ‘Split the bill’ from day one, unless your partner cannot afford it. This would not make you look cheap but this would also raise the bar of respect in you towards your partner.Plan a baby only when you both are too sure about being responsible enough to take care of the little one, as well as, when you think that your partner is the right choice for you. A single ‘if’ or ‘but’ can totally destroy the life of the world’s greatest gift.Last, but not the least, always respect your parents in front of your partner. The more respect you give them in front of your partner, the more he/she will give to them.Sincere apologies for such a long edit.