A panel consisting of Justices Vibha Kankanwadi and S G Chapalgaonkar stated in their ruling on April 15 that this situation presented an opportunity to assist “young individuals in marital distress” who lacked mental, emotional, or physi...
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Hence, the jurisdiction to file a divorce petition lies before the family court where the marriage ceremony took place and not where the wedding reception happened, the Court said. The Bombay High Court recently made a notable statement regarding wed...
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The Delhi High Court has recently stressed the significance of maintaining mutual respect in marriage, highlighting that lodging derogatory complaints to a spouse’s employer as a means of harming their professional standing and financial stabil...
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The Court further said that if a student fails an exam or a client loses a case and commits suicide for such reasons, the examiner or the lawyer cannot be held liable either for suicide abetment. The Delhi High Court recently emphasized that in cases...
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The proceeding u/s 125 CrPC. is summary in nature in which only prima facie it has to be seen that the applicant is the wife of opposite party. It is a social legislation enacted for protecting the wife, minor children, and parents of a person from v...
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The Court made the observation while setting aside a man’s conviction under Section 498A, IPC (cruelty) and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act 1961. The recent verdict from the Patna High Court underscores that when a husband solicits finan...
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The Court further observed that compelling a married woman to live in her parental home on account of non-fulfillment of demand of dowry would also amount to mental harassment. The recent ruling from the Madhya Pradesh High Court has established that...
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Madhya Pradesh High Court noted that Supreme Court has emphasised on the broad interpretation of the term “wife” under Section 125 of CrPC and the presumption of marriage in cases of long cohabitation. The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently rendered ...
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The Court made the observation while quashing proceedings against eight relatives of a man. However, the Court upheld proceedings against the man and his mother. The Karnataka High Court has stated that relatives of husbands are often embroiled in ca...
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The Hindu Marriage Act does not say that kanyadan is essential for the solemnization of a Hindu marriage, the Court noted. The recent pronouncement from the Allahabad High Court underscores that the customary practice of ‘Kanyadan,’ where...
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