I fell back with the impact of the slap. I stood up my head reeling with shock and pain, looked at my mother for support, but she too looked shocked and scared at what had happened. I took my bag and left from there. My brother had abused me and my son soo much and he had also cursed me a lot, could not get all those words out of my mind.
Anyways God was with us so my son started doing well for himself, got him married after a few years. In the meanwhile I was trying desperately you sell our property in Surat, spoke to about 100 brokers over a period of time ,as it was disputed property and my brother in law had built a building on his side and used up our FSI also, it was getting difficult to get a good price. Everytime we got a good deal I sent the broker to my mother-in-law to talk as they did not trust me , so I wanted them to coordinate directly with the broker about the finances, but each time we got a good offer she refused. It was getting very difficult for me to manage everything, I started keeping bad health could not take any stress at all. After many years of trying finally I got a decent offer from a broker, it was very difficult to trust him coz many brokers had made promises and then disappeared.
My close friend was a tarot card reader and she was the one who told me this deal will go through and she literally called me daily to book my tickets for surat, finally just for her sake I agreed for a meeting with the broker and the buyer in Surat. I reached surat, the broker was at the station, he took me straight to his house. I was scared but his wife was there, she took me to her room to freshen up. When I came out in the hall there were 5 men sitting there including my broker, oh my god I was really scared but I sat bravely with them, and we started negotiating , my friend had given me a figure to ask them, so I did and they agreed , I was shocked and happy, they had got some cash to give me the booking amount which I refused coz people do tend to block the sale of your property by giving a token and then taking years for full payment.
I refused the money, but then I heard my friends voice in my ears telling me repeatedly ” go to surat and get an X amount of money” I was surprised as they had got exactly the same amount that my friend had mentioned. I took the money and told them I will not give anything in writing and If they don’t give the rest of the money in exactly a month from that day, then I will keep the money and the deal will be off.The buyer agreed . I returned to bombay, we were all very happy, my son and daughter in law were in India also ,and, as we were all legal heirs everybody’s signature was needed. Luckily for us we did not need my mother -in- laws signature as her name was not added on the property papers by the city survey staff. Such is God’s grace
We waited as the day for the documentation was nearing, the buyer called me and asked for an extension as surat was having a state holiday on the very day of the finalisation of our deal. All the government offices would be shut.I flatly refused, saying the deal would be cancelled and I would not return the cash, I told him that he was such a big and influential man with all sort of connections,so he should get the paper work ready and get the offices opened for an hour for the transfer to be done. He agreed and on the set day we did the transfer, all this was done without anybody’s knowledge, just between the buyer,broker and my family. We DID IT, Got our pay orders deposited them in the bank, And we partied that night with all our surat friends and well wishers. It wa a victory this was exactly 14 years after my husband’s death. Oh my god! We could not believe it at least now our financial problems would come to an end.
On reaching Bombay I sent a letter through the court informing my in- laws about the sale of the property.I sent them the government valuation papers of the property and also the sale deed ,telling them their 20% was kept aside in the bank for them.They replied saying they wanted the full amount all of 100% quoting the property price was 5 times more . I was disgusted and angry, here we are being honest and transparent, and they are being unreasonable . I replied telling them when they had filed the suit they had claimed that the property to be 10 times less so how suddenly a disputed property price can jump sooo high. Anyway this was the last straw, I decided to let them fight and let the court ask me to give them the money, then only I would give, not before that.The case went on for many more years, I changed my lawyer. Finally after 22 years on 01/02/2022 we had a court settlement I payed them their 20% nothing more and the case was dispersed. The buyer who had such a tough reputation,people were in awe of him,was actually very nice, he also did a settlement with my husband’s relative who had filed a suit against me claiming my husband owed him money. He (the buyer) paid him an X amount and made him take back his case. He was a messiah for me and my family. 22 years later we finally had not court cases against me, the sword over our heads was finally out , thrown away, we were free to breathe once again. This was our happy ending.
So this is our legal system ,one law the Hindu succession act ravaged our lives for 22 long years, I lived with my husband for 16 years till his demise and I battled for 22 years to get my inheritance for me and my children. This is justice for us ..In India rape victims are written about so much , but what about the legal system when misused rapes people daily .It takes a life time to fight a legal battle ,I really don’t understand why can’t these cases be time bound, many a times people die fighting and the cases get transferred to their legal heirs. Very very unfair, there should be a body like the MAHARERA, THIS IS FOR CONSTRUCTION, WE NEED SOMETHING FOR OUR LEGAL BATTLES TOO. By writing my blogs I am trying to spread the message, going it reaches the governing bodies too. So that changes can be made in our legal system , nobody should suffer so much because of faulty legal system. Mine is one such case there must be sooo many more. Please help and forward these blogs can help someone somewhere.
This Cannot be happening to me 