In a significant legal precedent concerning matrimonial obligations, the Allahabad High Court has determined that a wife is ineligible to claim maintenance if her own conduct, or that of her family, has directly resulted in her husband’s loss o...
Read MoreThe Court refused to quash DV Act proceedings against a man after finding signs of a marriage‑like relationship, but dropped a case against his parents and current wife. The Bombay High Court’s Nagpur Bench has reaffirmed that long-term domesticity, ...
Read MoreWhen no declaration is sought regarding illegitimacy of the child and the issue only relates to adultery of the wife, DNA test can be ordered, the Court said. The Madhya Pradesh High Court has confirmed a lower court’s directive allowing a husb...
Read MoreEducated and independent adults must be aware of the inherent uncertainties attached to relationships, the Court said. The Delhi High Court recently clarified that the legal system must not be used to punish individuals when consensual relationships ...
Read MoreThe Allahabad High Court ruled that a Hindu marriage governed by the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 cannot be declared void at the instance of the in-laws at a belated stage by alleging that the bride was underage at the time of the marriage. The Court not...
Read MoreThe Allahabad High Court recently quashed a Family Court order that had dismissed a wife’s maintenance claim solely on the ground that she was a YouTuber earning from reels. Justice Harvir Singh observed that the Family Court concluded that the wife ...
Read MoreThe condition prescribed under Section 13B(1) of the Hindu Marriage Act is directory and not mandatory, the Court said. In a ruling with far-reaching implications for divorce law, the Delhi High Court held that the requirement of spouses “living sepa...
Read MoreThe Court allowed the appeal filed by the wife after finding that she was kept in the dark about a 2009 divorce decree. The Supreme Court recently condoned the delay in a woman’s challenge to an ex-parte divorce decree, noting that she had remained u...
Read MoreDowry and mehr now co-exist in Muslim marriages, the Court lamented On December 15, the Supreme Court issued a series of general directions to address the social evil of dowry deaths. It also overturned an Allahabad High Court judgment that had acqui...
Read MoreLong period of separation without any hope for reconciliation amounts to cruelty to both the parties, the Court observed. Observing that courts should not keep alive a marriage that survives only in form, the Supreme Court on Monday (December 15) dis...
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