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The Court imposed costs of ₹50,000 on the man and ordered him to deposit the same in the name of his mother. The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently expressed shock over a man’s petition challenging the grant of ₹5,000 as maintenance for his...

“Some Judges have taken the view that it will amount to invading the privacy of the third party. We do not think so,” the Court said. The Madras High Court recently held that in divorce cases involving allegations of adultery, the person ...

The Supreme Court dismissed a case filed under the DV Act against the husband and his family, ordering him to pay ₹25 lakhs as permanent alimony to his wife. The Court held that under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (DV Act),...

The Court quashed a rape case against a man booked on the complaint of a married woman last year. The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently held that a married woman cannot claim her consent to engage in physical relations with another man was obtained ...

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 ...