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The Delhi High Court has articulated the position that in cases where both spouses possess commensurate qualifications and earn comparable incomes, the wife is ineligible for interim maintenance as prescribed under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Ac...

The Karnataka High Court, Dharwad Bench, has issued a divorce decree predicated upon the wife’s noncompliance with an ex-parte decree for the restitution of conjugal rights. This judicial determination occurred in the course of the Court’...

“The Family Courts Act, 1984 was enacted pursuant to the 59th Report of the Law Commission wherein it was stressed that in dealing with the disputes concerning the family, the family court should adopt an approach radically different from that adopte...

In a case presently under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, where the finalization of the police report is pending, the Kerala High Court, in its legal disposition on Thursday, granted the accused permission to pursue higher education in Austral...

In a noteworthy legal development, the High Court of Jharkhand has overturned a prior ruling made by the family court in a case centered on the Hindu Marriage Act. The dispute revolved around the provisions of Section 25, specifically addressing matt...

In a recent judgment delivered by a Family Court in Mumbai, it was expounded that prenuptial agreements, although not accorded legal enforceability within the framework of Indian law, remain pertinent instruments for ascertaining the intentions of th...

The Kerala High Court has rendered a verdict stipulating that in the aftermath of a ‘Khula’ divorce, a Muslim wife cannot assert her entitlement to maintenance from her husband under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). I...

The Karnataka High Court has jurisprudentially established that married daughters, whose financial sustenance is contingent upon their husbands, are precluded from seeking compassionate appointments as substitutes for their deceased fathers. In a cas...

The Court said that the wife’s contention that she was legally wedded and thus entitled to maintenance cannot be accepted in view of her adulterous conduct. In a recent judicial pronouncement, the Karnataka High Court established the principle that a...

The court also relied on the section 7 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, which provides that a Hindu marriage may be solemnized in accordance with the customary rites and ceremonies of either party thereto The Allahabad High Court has pronounced a legal o...