The Patna High Court observed that merely being the son does not confer the right to reside in a property exclusively owned by their father. Top of Form In that context, the Bench of Chief Justice K Vinod Chandran and Justice Partha Sarthy observed t...
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The Punjab and Haryana High Court reiterated that no condition for automatic cancellation of bail can be imposed while granting bail. The Court was deciding a petition under Section 483 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) seeking to set aside the c...
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The Delhi High Court asserted that cruelty arises when a couple is denied the companionship vital for a thriving marriage, emphasizing the unsustainable nature of such conditions. Withholding a conjugal relationship was specifically identified as an ...
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In a recent ruling, the Delhi High Court granted approval to a wife’s petition challenging the termination of her right to cross-examine her husband during divorce proceedings. The court underscored the importance of Family Courts striking a de...
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In a recent ruling, the Supreme Court declared that it is impermissible to impose a condition requiring an accused husband, seeking anticipatory bail under Section 498A of the IPC, to bring his wife to his residence and ensure her maintenance and dig...
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The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh underscores the imperative of adducing substantive evidentiary support pertinent to the husband’s income before the trial court. Such evidentiary substantiation assumes a pivotal role in facilitati...
Read More“Maintenance pendente lite/permanent alimony u/s 24 or 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 may be claimed by either wife or husband. The phrase “sufficient for her or his support” has to be interpreted to mean that applicant is able to maintain with r...
Read MoreThe Delhi High Court has pronounced that the entitlement of women to assume the role of Karta within a Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) remains uninhibited by legislative prescriptions or traditional Hindu legal norms. In articulating their decision, the...
Read MoreThe Karnataka High Court has highlighted the impropriety of summarily rejecting a mutual divorce petition solely due to unsuccessful mediation caused by the non-appearance of the parties. In the context of an appeal challenging the Family Court’...
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The bill is part of Central government’s endeavour to repeal “all obsolete laws or pre-independence Acts” that have lost their utility. On the preceding Monday, the Lok Sabha accorded its assent to the Advocates (Amendment) Bill of ...
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