Author: Matrimonial Advocates

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...

Long-standing frustrations from non-custodial parents—often fathers—over limited access to their children have driven the push for change. On Friday in Tokyo, Japanese lawmakers passed a bill allowing for the option of joint custody after divorce. Fo...

The Allahabad High Court has ruled that orders issued under Section 125 of the CrPC, whether final or interim, can be recalled or modified under Section 127 of the CrPC. Therefore, the restriction imposed by Section 362 CrPC does not apply in these c...

Presents received by the bride or the bridegroom at the time of marriage are not treated as dowry under the Dowry Prohibition Act. The Allahabad High Court recently highlighted the prevalent non-compliance with a rule under the Dowry Prohibition (Mai...

The appeal of a wife challenging the divorce decree granted to the couple under the Hindu Marriage Act was dismissed by the Punjab & Haryana High Court. The court stated that demanding the husband to forsake his elderly mother, aged around 75, an...

The constitutional morality and social morality in the “matter of marriage institution” are required to be balanced, the Court said while sending a Muslim man’s Hindu live-in partner to her parents. In a recent ruling, the Allahabad High Court ...