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CASE COMMENTS: ON SATISH CHAND AHUJA VS. SNEHA AHUJA (Civil App. 2483/2020 SC) Introduction: Rosco Pound said1, “Law is social engineering which means a balance between the competing interests in society”. The Courts of law have often to do this soci...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

  INTRODUCTION As part of the Hindu Code Bill, the Hindu Marriage Act was enacted by Parliament in 1955 to amend and to codify the law relating to  marriage  among  Hindus. Object of Legislation :  The Hindu Marriage Act recognizes the basic hum...

  The Indian Constitution envisages the right to life and liberty for all. However, in the case of an arrest such liberty gets endangered. One such remedy in case of an arrest is bail. Bail sets an accused person free on promise to attend the tr...

  Amendments to any divorce petition help the parties to correct their mistakes in such petitions. As a general rule, every petition, including a divorce petition, must state material facts and necessary particulars such that the decision of the...

  In a recent judgment declared on 27th September, 2018, the Supreme Court of India in the case of Joseph Shine v. Union of India non criminalized adultery. Yet it remains as a ground for divorce.Prior to the present judgment, adultery was a cri...