Author: Matrimonial Advocates

In a recent judgment, the Allahabad High Court clarified the provisions of the Dowry Prohibition Act of 1961 and the Uttar Pradesh Dowry Prohibition Rules of 1999. The court highlighted a troubling pattern where grooms and their families are prosecut...

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently denied protection to an interfaith couple, stating that a marriage between a Muslim man and a Hindu woman is invalid under Muslim Personal Law. The couple, who claimed to be in love, had approached the Marriage ...

The Allahabad High Court emphasized that the primary residence of a minor is pivotal in establishing a court’s jurisdiction for guardianship petitions, irrespective of any temporary relocation at the time of filing the petition. The Bench clari...

The Allahabad High Court observed that even though the wife has retracted her divorce petition, the husband’s counterclaim will persist, stressing the necessity for its separate consideration. The wife lodged an appeal disputing the Family Cour...

MP High Court asserted that while physical cruelty ceased after leaving the matrimonial house, the psychological impact of separation and the trauma induced by dowry demands persisted. Madhya Pradesh High Court: In a case seeking to quash an FIR for ...

The Madhya Pradesh High Court emphasized that according to Order VIII Rule 1 of the Civil Procedure Code, it retains the discretion to allow the submission of a Written Statement even after the prescribed deadline, provided exceptional circumstances ...

The Madras High Court has proposed setting a time limit for filing counterclaims in divorce or restitution of conjugal rights cases within matrimonial disputes. Justices RMT Teekaa Raman and PB Balaji noted that in recent years, it has become common ...

Merely because a couple (including, in this case, a man already married to another) lives together as husband and wife, it would not be considered bigamy if they have not performed a valid marriage, the Court said. The Rajasthan High Court recently o...

The Allahabad High Court has determined that orders issued under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), whether they are final or interim, are subject to recall or modification under Section 127 of the same code. As a result, the restrict...

The Allahabad High Court has clarified that within Section 9(1) of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, the concept of a minor’s “ordinary residence” excludes any temporary dwelling where the minor might temporarily reside, such as fo...