Author: Matrimonial Advocates

Recently, the Delhi High Court ruled that a divorced daughter can’t claim maintenance from her mother or brother under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act (HAMA). A Two-Judge division bench comprising Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Ne...

The Delhi High Court has ruled that an appeal against a decree or order of Family Courts must be filed within 30 days from the pronouncement of the same. A division bench of two judges Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Vikas Mahajan issued the clarificati...

The Delhi High Court recently held that the term ‘mental cruelty’ is enough to take within its ambit the ‘financial instability’ of a spouse and granted divorce to a woman. A division bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Nee...

The Karnataka High Court has allowed a petition filed by an estranged couple for mutual consent divorce and waived off the mandatory one-year cooling period before deciding on the petition file for mutual consent divorce under the Special Marriage Ac...

The Delhi High Court observed that mere second marriage of the father after he loses his first wife, cannot be considered as a sufficient ground to disqualify him as a natural guardian of his child. A two-judge division bench comprising Justice Sures...

Last week, the Patna High Court held that even if a wife grants consent to her husband’s second marriage, she can still file a complaint for cruelty against him under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). A two-judge bench comprising Jus...

The Allahabad High Court recently waived off the cooling-off period for a married couple because they had mutually filed for dissolution of marriage under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act, after entering into a Memorandum of Understanding amica...

In a recent civil revision petition, Justice B.S. Bhanumathi of the Andhra Pradesh High Court invoked a precedent from the Supreme Court, Sharda v. Dharmpal (1985), to establish that a matrimonial court holds the jurisdiction to compel an individual ...