Author: Matrimonial Advocates

During a recent hearing of a case in which a petitioner sought the quashing of criminal proceedings under Section 12 of the Domestic Violence Act pending in the Court of the Judicial Magistrate First Class in Shillong, the Meghalaya High Court stated...

A father’s habeas corpus plea seeking the production of his children who live with their mother was dismissed by the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday. The court reasoned that in cases concerning child custody, the ordinary remedy under the Guar...

Amid the ongoing cricket match between India and Australia, a legal battle with a cricket connection is also underway in courtrooms. The divorce petition filed by Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan against his estranged wife Aesha Mukerji is being heard...

A temporary stay order has been issued by a division bench, consisting of Justice D Krishnakumar and Justice Victoria Gowri, on a previous ruling by a single judge. The ruling had permitted a virtual marriage between a groom in the USA and a bride in...

A PIL has been filed before the Supreme Court requesting the Central government to create guidelines for the registration of live-in relationships and provide social security to individuals in such relationships. The petitioner, advocate Mamta Rani, ...

Unless she is disqualified for reasons like remarriage , the Allahabad High Court has observed that a divorced Muslim woman is eligible to seek maintenance under Section 125 CrPC even for the time after iddat and for the rest of her life. The court s...

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a significant ruling that may alter the process by which a separated partner can remarry after legal separation. The court has established that a spouse cannot be subjected to an indefinite waiting period ...

On February 9, the Court made an observation in response to a woman’s challenge against a Family Court’s divorce order, claiming that the accusations of cruelty made by her husband lacked supporting evidence. In upholding the divorce gran...

In a recent ruling, the Karnataka High Court has dismissed a criminal case against a woman charged under Sections 498-A, 323, 504 read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The Court cited “omnibus allegations” of physical and ...