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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...

The Karnataka High Court has rejected a husband’s petition challenging the interim maintenance granted to his separated wife, who cited his job loss as the reason. The decision was made by Justice M Nagaprasanna, presiding over a single-judge b...

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has issued a directive mandating the provision of interim financial maintenance by a Muslim petitioner to their spouse until such time as the substantiation of the asserted divorce occurs. Despite the inherent absence...

The pronouncement by the Supreme Court delineates that, in conformity with Sections 15 and 16 of the Hindu Succession Act (HSA), the widow of a predeceased son does not inherently accrue an immediate entitlement to lay claim to a portion of the joint...

The Supreme Court underscored the admissibility of a Section 65-B certificate pursuant to the Indian Evidence Act at any juncture during trial proceedings. In the adjudication of the Bangalore bomb blasts case, the Court expounded upon the fundamenta...

Justice Sanjay Dhar of the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has emphasized that challenging orders issued under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (DV Act) through Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code ...