The Karnataka High Court underscored the importance of substantial prima facie evidence in cases where a husband, in pursuit of divorce, seeks to have his wife undergo a psychiatric evaluation by a Board of Psychiatrists, expressing concerns about he...
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The Allahabad High Court has stressed the importance of considering the husband’s payments towards personal loan installments when determining the monthly maintenance allowance for the wife under Section 125 of the CrPC. Justice Surendra Singh...
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The Allahabad High Court stressed the obligation of courts presiding over maintenance cases to direct the concerned parties to furnish a comprehensive affidavit detailing their financial assets and liabilities. In a particular instance, the wife init...
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The Allahabad High Court noted that the educational qualifications of a wife, such as being a graduate and having completed a professional course, do not automatically imply that she earns enough to support herself adequately. This observation came d...
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The Kerala High Court affirmed the Family Court’s decision to dissolve the marriage despite the wife’s retraction of consent for the divorce. This judgment was guided by the legal precedents established in Benny v. Mini (2021) and the Bom...
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The Delhi High Court observed on Wednesday that despite the wife having received a payment of Rs. 1 crore and 80 lakhs from her husband, her continued pursuit of an application under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, indicates her intent to...
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“With regard to the maintenance of the child, this court is of the view that in the presence of biological father of the child, the stepfather cannot be asked to maintain the child.” In Delhi’s Tis Hazari Court, Dr. Neha Kheria, MM., presiding...
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The High Court answered the question in negative pointing out that Section 125, CrPC envisages that wives, parents and minor children can claim for maintenance. Karnataka High Court Review: The Karnataka High Court, in its assessment of the current r...
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The Madhya Pradesh High Court upheld a family court’s ruling denying maintenance to a woman, citing her existing marriage to another man. Justice Prem Narayan Singh, leading a single-judge bench, stressed the requirement of being a “legal...
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The Allahabad High Court has recently stated that Hindu Law doesn’t permit people with spouses still alive to have illicit live-in relationships that go against legal norms. Justice Renu Agarwal’s bench pointed this out while dismissing a...
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