A will is a very important basic document in the whole conspectus of inheritance. The importance of a will is often undermined or ignored by individuals and they therefore shy away from making a will, probably in the belief that things and situations...
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"There is no condition imposed while considering a son relating to marital status. Adjective/condition of "unmarried" is affixed for the daughter. This condition is without there being any justification and; therefore, arbitrary and discriminatory in...
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The Supreme Court has observed that filing of a criminal case by one of the parties to the marriage and the acquittal therein cannot be automatically treated as a ground for granting divorce if such a ground is not raised in the divorce petition.
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Marriage between two persons presupposes cohabitation on harmonious relationship arising out of mutual respect and understanding between the husband and the wife .
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India being a secular country, the Constitution grants every individual to profess any faith or relinquish his faith that he had acquired at the time of his birth. The objective behind this, apart from the legal complications and application of diffe...
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“As per the Hindu Marriage Act, divorce maintenance is about the husband providing financial support for his wife’s living expenses. Generally, it’s not just the wife but the children and her parents are equally entitled to receiving financial aid fr...
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Wife entitled to interim alimony even if marriage is annulled: Odisha HC
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The Supreme Court has observed that children who were born to an adoptee before his adoption are entitled to inherit his property in the adoptive family.
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The Supreme Court has reiterated that settlement between victim and the accused cannot be a valid ground to quash the FIR. or the charge sheet when the offences alleged are against society and not private in nature.
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The Bombay High Court last month dismissed an appeal filed by one Sunil Ramteke, a 28-year-old labourer from Nagpur, who was convicted under 376(2)(i)(j) read with Section 109 of the Indian Penal Code and under provisions of Protection of Children fr...
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