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The pronouncement from the Allahabad High Court unambiguously establishes that adjudications emanating from a Family Court concerning matters under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure are devoid of appellate jurisdiction before the High Cou...

The Telangana High Court said the Family Court in Hyderabad can’t give a divorce decree for cruelty without clear complaints and enough proof. This decision came after a wife appealed against a divorce decree from the Family Court.Top of Form A...

The Court noted that a traditional Hindu marriage is not a valid marriage without the completion of ‘Saptapadi’ and ‘Datta Homam.’ In a recent ruling, the Patna High Court nullified a marriage, citing the groom’s coercion at gunpoint and the om...

The Court also noted that the provision for maintenance during the pendency of proceedings under the Hindu Marriage Act (HMA) is gender neutral, meaning that both wife or husband can seek relief under it. In a session convened on Tuesday, the Delhi H...

A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan took the view that in the interest of justice, courts should provide limited interim protection while considering the liberty of citizens, subject to certain conditions. In a recent adjudication, the...

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently said that a court can give more maintenance than what someone asks for in Section 125 Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) cases. This happened when a person, who was contesting a maintenance order in the Indore Bench...

In Gurugram, on the 9th of November, Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Anil Kumar Yadav pronounced a significant judgment, ruling on the case involving 76-year-old Ms. Malti Bhatnagar. The verdict entailed a nine-month prison sentence and a fine...

Acknowledging the vital role that both parents play in a child’s life, the Bombay High Court in Goa has granted visitation rights to the father of a 3-year-old. Under the revised schedule, the father is permitted visits on Tuesdays, Wednesdays,...

If a married man is living a lustful and adulterous life without obtaining a divorce from his earlier spouse, it may constitute the offence of bigamy, the Court said. In the case of Reena Devi and Anr vs State of Punjab and Others, the Punjab and Har...

The Telangana High Court underscores the indispensability of affiant submissions from both parties, delineating their respective financial positions in matters pertaining to maintenance claims. Adjudicatory orders rendered in the absence of such affi...