Author: Matrimonial Advocates

The Supreme Court upheld the summoning of a wife in a ‘cheating’ complaint brought forth by her husband. It granted the husband’s appeal contesting the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. The High Court had upheld the Session...

 In an unprecedented judgment, the Patna High Court has directed two judicial officers in the state to each provide ₹100 as compensation to a man. This ruling follows an unjust trial the man underwent under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)...

In a recent legal matter, the Supreme Court reaffirmed a fundamental tenet concerning streedhan, the property bestowed upon a woman during her marriage. The court emphasized that husbands possess no legal jurisdiction over their wives’ streedha...

The Tripura High Court’s single judge bench declined to excuse a delay of approximately 2 years and 5 months in reactivating an execution case. The court emphasized that if such cases remain unresolved beyond six months, the Executing Court mus...

The Kerala High Court upheld a Family Court decision, highlighting the right of parties in child custody cases to seek modifications if circumstances change. The Family Court clarified that the initial ruling is not final, stating that the legal conc...

The Court observed that denying child care leaves to mothers would violate the Constitutional duty to ensure equal protection of women in the workforce. Monday saw the Supreme Court reaffirming the Constitutional imperative of women’s equitable...

A panel consisting of Justices Vibha Kankanwadi and S G Chapalgaonkar stated in their ruling on April 15 that this situation presented an opportunity to assist “young individuals in marital distress” who lacked mental, emotional, or physi...

Hence, the jurisdiction to file a divorce petition lies before the family court where the marriage ceremony took place and not where the wedding reception happened, the Court said. The Bombay High Court recently made a notable statement regarding wed...

The Delhi High Court has recently stressed the significance of maintaining mutual respect in marriage, highlighting that lodging derogatory complaints to a spouse’s employer as a means of harming their professional standing and financial stabil...