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The Madhya Pradesh High Court has unequivocally stated that the rulings made by family courts concerning maintenance under Section 125 CrPC do not carry legal authority in matters governed by the Prevention of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2005. ...

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has determined that individuals filing petitions concerning marital property and maintenance payment disputes in the Family Court are not required to pay ad valorem court fees. Justice Gurbir Singh emphasized that Fa...

The Kerala High Court has clarified that the Family Court has the legal authority to handle petitions for relief under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. “What is discerned from the provisions of Section 12 is that an agg...

“Considering the undisputed status of wife’s residency in Australia, the provisions of Section 19 of the Act would not come to her rescue.” In a recent adjudication, the Allahabad High Court confronted an appeal brought forth by a petitioner under th...

A bench led by Justice Vinay Joshi ordered an investigating officer to consider the evidence produced by the accused booked in case under Sections 498A and 306 of the IPC after his wife died by suicide. In a recent case, Nikhil Ashokrao Waghmare vs S...

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has rendered its consent to the transfer of a matrimonial case initiated by the husband from one jurisdictional district court to another. The primary motivation for this transfer petition is to preclude the prospect of ...

The Delhi High Court has unequivocally affirmed that the exclusive jurisdiction to grant a divorce on the grounds of irretrievable breakdown of a marriage is vested in the Supreme Court, as delineated by Article 142 of the Indian Constitution. In a p...

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has articulated the overarching objective of the law, extending beyond punitive measures to encompass the preservation of societal peace, tranquility, and concord. The Court has underscored the paramount importance of co...

Justice Shampa Sarkar made the observation while dealing with a husband’s plea challenging at least four orders passed ex-parte and in favour of his estranged wife in a matrimonial suit. The Calcutta High Court has recently observed issues conc...

The Court stressed that refusal to grant divorce would force parties to suffer further and would amount to “law-induced mental cruelty.” In a recent legal ruling, a Delhi court has advocated the compulsory inclusion of prenuptial agreemen...