CHENNAI: More than two years ago, Sathish separated from his wife. It was also the last time he saw his children. Though his wife filed for divorce four months later and he asked for visitation rights, the formalities were completed one-and-a-half ye...
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In order to argue various aspects of the astonishing array of the doctrine which stands a marriage voidable on the ground that the consent of the deceased was obtained with fraud[1], we need to understand the meaning of fraud, its various essentials ...
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Even-though Hindu Marriage Act 1955 (hereinafter to be referred as the Act) doesn’t define the term fraud but the same has been explained in Indian Contract Act which says ‘Fraud’ means and includes any of the following acts committed by a party to a...
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A marriage is legal , social and religious ceremony. Marriage is for two individual so they can unit legally, economically, and emotionally. In every religion marry is recognized by certain laws. So same as Hindu marriage is recognized by HMA that i...
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The family court in Hyderabad directed a respondent not to pronounce second or third talaq until further orders, after his wife approached the court seeking its intervention. Principal judge, family court-cum-additional chief judge P. Laxmi...
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New Delhi: Ruling that a promise of marriage cannot be held out as an inducement for engaging in sex over a protracted and indefinite period of time, the Delhi High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by a woman challenging the acquittal of an accus...
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Rajnesh vs Neha & ors. BACKGROUND: Maintenance is the legal obligation that a responsible person is supposed to pay toward the welfare and upkeep of their dependent. The following judgment is delivered in a Criminal Appeal arising out of an app...
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Quash in legal parlance means to nullify, void or declare invalid; to put an end to a legal proceeding. Section 498A of Indian Penal Code, was inserted by the Criminal Law (Second Amendment) Act, 1983 to safeguard women from cruelty. It is used as a ...
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The Madras High Court on Friday (20th November) appointed an Advocate Commissioner to enquire into the allegations of a person that his friend (the Detenu), is under the illegal custody of his own wife (Detenu’s wife). The Bench of Justice M. M...
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The Central Information Commission (CIC) on Wednesday said that the wife has the right to know her husband’s salary and can seek information about the same through Right to Information (RTI). The major decision from the CIC came after it heard an app...
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