Author: Matrimonial Advocates

The Bombay High Court has ruled that a spouse’s suicide threats or attempts amount to cruelty and can serve as valid grounds for divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act. Justice R.M. Joshi dismissed a woman’s second appeal against a Family Court’s verdi...

The Appeal before the Supreme Court challenged the Judgment of the Telangana High Court remanding the matter to the Family Court. Observing the mother’s efforts to hinder the father’s visitation rights and acknowledging that the minor chi...

The Court observed that a wife living apart from her husband without valid reasons such as cruelty or desertion cannot seek maintenance under Section 125 of CrPC. The Kerala High Court recently held that a wife who chooses to live separately from her...

The Delhi High Court has ruled that a well-educated wife with relevant work experience should not stay jobless solely to claim maintenance from her husband. “….this Court is of the considered view that a well-educated wife, with experience in a suita...

Elderly parents can cancel gift deeds executed in favour of their children if the children fail to maintain the parents even if there is no maintenance condition mentioned in the deed, the Court held. The Madras High Court has ruled that senior citiz...

The Court added that if despite objection, the husband or wife continues with such activity, then it certainly will cause mental cruelty. The Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed a woman’s appeal challenging the dissolution of her marriage, ruli...

The Delhi High Court was considering a Petition against an order of the Family Court whereby the Petitioner’s right to file reply/written statement was closed and a subsequent application for the recall of the said order was also dismissed. The Delhi...

The Bench criticized the husband, a doctor, for disregarding his wife and children’s well-being and failing to comply with court orders to pay maintenance. The Bombay High Court recently sentenced a doctor to six months in civil prison for repe...