Allahabad High Court dissolved the marriage stating denial of sexual relations amounts to cruelty.Husband had challenged the order of the family court. The family court had dismissed his divorce petition.The couple was married in 1979. His wife’s beh...
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According to the High Court, it is natural for a husband to reprimand his wife when she is caught in an illicit affair. Scolding her for such a relationship is not an instigation to commit suicide as per the law. The prosecution made allegations of a...
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Orissa High Court dismissed the writ petition of a wife requesting reconciliation with her husband. She filed a writ challenging the family court’s decision. She had contended that the family court had failed to make efforts for conciliation be...
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High Court had dismissed the order of the family court causing prejudice to a woman. The family court had rejected her cross examination right. She had prayed to cross examine her husband. The court observed that matrimonial cases are to be decided q...
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High Court said that mediation is a solution to the terrifying process that families undergo. Even minor changes in the agreement have a huge impact on them. The court was deciding a matter wherein mistakenly added names in a settlement agreement sig...
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Gujarat High Court held that the court can skip the procedure stipulated in the Domestic Violence Act. Courts have discretionary powers to evolve a new procedure. The wife in the case had approached the court requesting to discard the examination in ...
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Delhi High Court stated that the wife can produce evidence to prove adultery under Section 14 of, Family Courts Act. This evidence as such is not considered under Indian Evidence Act. The husband had approached High Court against 2 family court order...
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Case Study Shilpa Sailesh v. Varun Sreenivasan [TP(C) No. 1118/2014] and other connected matters Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (SC) 375 The Supreme Court of India, delivered the judgment on a batch of petitions pertaining to the exercise of its powers under...
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It was alleged that the appellant cheated him through his conduct and that since beginning he had evil intentions. The appellant was convicted by trial court under Section 417/376 of the IPC. He was also sentenced to pay fine amounting Rs. 10 lakhs. ...
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Under Mohammedan law, the father is the lawful guardian of his male children during their minority and the mother can claim custody of such child only till he completes 7 years of age, the bench said. According to a recent judgment from the Andhra Pr...
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