Author: Matrimonial Advocates

Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal confirmed a review of BNS Sections 85 and 86, which replicate the repealed IPC Section 498A, due to concerns about misuse and inadequate safeguards for men. This is the first review of the new Indian criminal code...

The High Court criticised a family court’s decision to dissolve a Hindu marriage by adopting an oversimplistic approach. The Allahabad High Court recently observed that a Hindu marriage cannot be dissolved or terminated like a contract. Justice...

The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court held that loan deductions voluntarily undertaken by the respondent after the couple’s separation cannot justify denying an increase in the monthly maintenance payment under Section 125 CrPC. Jus...

The Court quashed criminal proceedings against a woman who was accused by her friend’s wife of interfering with their marriage. On Tuesday, the Allahabad High Court determined that a husband’s friend cannot be prosecuted under Section 498...

Section 125 of CrPC has not been introduced to create an army of idle or inactive people waiting for maintenance to be awarded from the income of the other spouse, the Court said. The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Tuesday, emphasized that well-qualif...

A Bench headed by Justice BR Gavai made this observation during a hearing on a matrimonial dispute concerning maintenance. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court remarked that Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, which deals with cruelty towards married w...

The Madhya Pradesh High Court emphasized that the duty to provide maintenance to parents is not dependent on the amount of property given to children; children are obligated to support their parents. The Court was reviewing a Writ Petition under Arti...

The Court declared the marriage null and void on the grounds of mental and physical cruelty, as the wife, being a minor, was not prepared to fulfill marital obligations. Madhya Pradesh High Court: In an appeal filed by the appellant (wife) under Sect...

“Merely because the woman may have made that choice cannot be concluded to mean that she had separated from her matrimonial home without reasonable cause or that she would have sufficient means to survive on her own.” Allahabad High Court: The divisi...

The Allahabad High Court ruled that no spouse should be compelled to stay in a marriage under the threat of false criminal charges. PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad High Court, overturning a lower court’s decision, ruled that no spouse should be compel...