MENTAL CRUELTY
10 Oct

MENTAL CRUELTY

To be well-versed with the concept of cruelty as a ground for divorce, reference can be made to the various provisions given under the statues of each personal law which talks about cruelty as a ground for divorce. Apart from being a ground for divor...

MAINTENANCE
09 Oct

MAINTENANCE

  Maintenance under family proceedings can take up two forms, i.e. permanent maintenance and temporary or interim maintenance. Maintenance can be sought under the personal laws, The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 or under t...

498A Amended
09 Oct

498A Amended

  Chapter XII- Offences by Husband and his relatives 498A Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty In 1983, section 498A was introduced to protect a married woman against cruelty inflicted on her by her husband and/or ...

Alimony
08 Oct

Alimony

  Alimony connotes a duty on the part of the spouse to maintain the other spouse who is dependant on them. Alimony and maintenance have the same meanings but they are often used interchangeably  in different places. In India alimony is generally...

MUTUAL CONSENT DIVORCE
08 Oct

MUTUAL CONSENT DIVORCE

  The provisions of mutual consent divorce has various elements attached to it and is not a simpliciter term. For Instance, under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, the ingredients for seeking a decree of mutual consent divorce are as follows:- That ...

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
06 Oct

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

  Currently, in India, the only specific statute that deals with domestic violence, with a special emphasis on domestic violence on women is the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. It is a secular law and aggrieved persons irre...

CRUELTY
05 Oct

CRUELTY

Cruelty is a ground of divorce under various personal laws, and there are certain landmark judgments that deal with the provisions of cruelty as a ground for divorce. The most renowned judgments are that of Narayan Ganesh Dastane v. Sucheta Narayan D...