While opposing maintenance claims, a husband will have to prove that the wife had given up on a profession just for the sake of seeking maintenance, the Court said. The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently held that a wife cannot be prevented from ...
Read MoreA bench of Justice Bharati Dangre and Justice Manjusha Deshpande was hearing a petition filed by Pragati Kapoor, the niece of Manishchandra Bihari Kapoor, seeking to quash an FIR lodged against her by Kapoor’s wife. The Bombay High Court recent...
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The Delhi High Court determined that orders made under Section 12 of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 (GW Act) are appealable under Section 19 of the Family Courts Act, 1984 (FC Act). A Full Bench was constituted by the Chief Justice in response to ...
Read MoreThe Madhya Pradesh High Court emphasized that the maintenance provisions under Section 125 of the CrPC are not intended to create a “dependent class” of individuals relying on spousal financial support. In this case, the petitioner argued...
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