Guidelines for Mediation Settlement Agreement In the case of Rajat Gupta v. Rupali Gupta, 2018 SCC OnLine Del 9005, the issue came before the Court that whether any guidelines are required to be followed by the Court while recording the undertaking/a...
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The Delhi High Court recently observed that if a wife insists her husband to live apart from his family without any justified reason, it can be taken as an act of cruelty. A Bench of two justices (Suresh Kumar Kait and Neena Bansal Krishna) made the ...
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The Gujarat High Court on Friday held that a woman can file a complaint alleging cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) even after divorce, but it applies only for incidents that had taken place while the marriage was subsisting. J...
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The Bombay High Court recently ruled that the wishes of a child cannot create the sole reason for granting custody to a particular parent. While dismissing a petition by a father challenging the grant of custody of his minor daughter to the mother, J...
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The Chhattisgarh High Court recently ruled that if a wife alleges an illicit relationship between her husband and his mother, it would amount to mental cruelty thus a ground for seeking divorce from her. A division bench comprising Justice Goutam Bha...
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The Chhattisgarh High Court recently observed that if a husband gets involved in the habit of excessive drinking instead of discharging his duties, it would amount to mental cruelty to his wife and family also his children. A two-judge bench of Justi...
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The Kerala High Court observed that the Family Courts are empowered to review maintenance orders as they are liable for enforcing the provisions under Chapter IX of the Criminal Procedure Code. Chapter IX’s objective is to provide neglected or ...
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Recently, the Karnataka High Court ruled that wife humiliating her husband by commenting on her dark-skin color amounts to cruelty. The Court further noted that the wife’s decision to distance herself from the company of her husband and to leve...
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The Kerala High Court is slated to consider pertinent questions regarding the jurisdiction of family courts when it comes to original petitions seeking relief under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act. A division bench of justices A Mu...
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The Delhi High Court recently said that the family courts should not give very long adjournments while referring parties to counseling. Justice Navin Chawla observed that the family court has to also watch out for the counseling proceedings that take...
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