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Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court, on Wednesday, condemned an attempt by a chartered accountant, an estranged wife, to misrepresent her income in a bid to secure higher maintenance from her husband. The court overturned the lower court’s order grantin...

The absence of an explicit dowry demand does not negate the applicability of the provision where acts of physical violence and mental distress have been demonstrated, the Court held. The Supreme Court has clarified that a dowry demand is not a prereq...

It was argued that the father-in-law’s liability was dependent on his possession of coparcenary property. The Patna High Court held that under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act (HAMA), a father-in-law is not inherently liable to provide mainten...

Such matters are now filed in the heat of the moment on advice of counsel by exaggerating and misconstruing actual events. However, this does not mean that genuine cases of harassment didn’t exist, and it is not blind to the ground reality of the dee...

The High Court also said that meager income of the husband cannot be a criteria to deny maintenance The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently held that a wife’s affection for another man does not amount to adultery unless it involves a physical re...

The Court held that whether such relief of permanent alimony can be granted depends on the facts of each case and the conduct of the parties. The Supreme Court has held that a spouse in a marriage declared void under Section 11 of the Hindu Marriage ...

In the above case, the wife had filed an application in the Family Court for grant of maintenance to her by the husband. CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court has reduced the maintenance amount previously set by a Family Court in a case where the wife, desp...

The Court acquitted a man who was convicted for causing death of his wife by inserting his hand up the rectum of his wife. The Chhattisgarh High Court recently ruled that a husband cannot be prosecuted for rape under Section 375 or for an unnatural o...

The Court said that an arbitral tribunal can exercise jurisdiction over the husband in such cases under Bye-law 248(a) of the Bombay Stock Exchange 2 Byelaws, 1957. On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that a husband can be jointly and severally liable...