An Indian couple has filed a lawsuit against their son, asking that he and his wife produce a grandchild within a year or pay over $650,000.
Sanjeev and Sadhana Prasad claim to have spent all of their savings on their pilot son’s education and an extravagant wedding.
The compensation they are seeking is 50 million rupees, which includes the expense of a five-star wedding reception, a $80,000 luxury car, and paying for the couple’s honeymoon abroad, according to the Times of India.
The parents also paid $65,000 to have their son trained as a pilot in the United States, only to have him return to India jobless, according to the newspaper.
“My son has been married for six years but they are still not planning a baby. At least if we have a grandchild to spend time with, our pain will become bearable,” the couple said.
“We also had to take a loan to build our house and now we are going through a lot of financial hardships. Mentally too we are quite disturbed because we are living alone,” they stated.
Arvind Kumar, the couple’s lawyer, said the case will be heard by a court in northern India on May 17.
India has a robust joint family system, with multiple generations living in the same house, including grandparents, nephews, aunts, and uncles.
In recent decades, however, the tendency has shifted, with young couples wanting to relocate away from their parents or siblings, and ladies preferring to work rather than focus on having children and staying at home, as in this example.
