Author: Matrimonial Advocates

 The High Court directed the Union of India and the Law Commission to consider the demand for including irretrievable breakdown of marriage as a ground for divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act. On Thursday, the Allahabad High Court articulated observ...

 In a recent judicial pronouncement, the High Court of Jharkhand, situated in Ranchi, has rendered a decision overturning a maintenance decree, thereby illuminating the intricate nuances inherent in matrimonial discord and the statutory framework gov...

The Allahabad High Court confirmed that if a Hindu husband buys property in his homemaker wife’s name and she doesn’t have her own income, it’s assumed to be family property. This decision came from an appeal in the Lucknow Bench of...

In a recent ruling, the Bombay High Court has ordered the release of a person who was serving a 47-month prison sentence for not paying maintenance to his wife and daughter in a domestic violence case. Justice Sharmila U Deshmukh highlighted a key po...

In its recent pronouncement, the Jharkhand High Court underscored the absence of a universal standard governing the grant or denial of bail. It emphasized the discretionary authority vested in both the High Court and the Court of Session to adjudicat...

 In a recent event at the Allahabad High Court, Judge Krishan Pahal denied a request for anticipatory bail, highlighting concerns about long delays and lawyers not showing up for court. The case involved a petition from someone named Jhinnu against t...

In its adjudication, the Supreme Court determined that the accused’s incapacity to consummate the marriage within the designated premises does not satisfy the requisites for constituting the offense of cheating under Section 417 of the Indian P...

The Court explained that while no offence for “outraging the modesty of a woman” was made out, charges under Section 323, IPC for causing hurt would be attracted. The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh recently canceled a trial co...

The Jharkhand High Court stopped legal proceedings against a husband, noticing a growing pattern of dragging the husband’s family into marital conflicts without thinking about the trial’s consequences. The Court held that “it would be unj...

“The petitioner submitted that the Trial Court erred in allowing the petition even without filing the statement of assets and liabilities and the respondent herself deserted the petitioner and yet, sought maintenance, therefore, she is not entitled t...