The Allahabad High Court recently observed that if a wife refuses to live with her husband and forces him to stay in a separate room, she is denying him his conjugal rights, which constitutes cruelty. The Division Bench of Justice Ranjan Roy and Just...
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“A Hindu marriage is a sacrament and not just a social contract where one partner abandons the other without reason or just cause or existing or valid circumstance necessitating that conduct, the sacrament loses its soul and spirit, though it may con...
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Taking note of the series of conflicting judgments on the said issue, a Division Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice PB Varale referred the matter to a larger bench. The Supreme Court is scheduled to determine whether alimony under Sections 24 a...
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The Allahabad High Court ruled that courts should not base alimony decisions solely on the parties’ pay packages. The Court upheld the family court’s decision to grant permanent alimony to the wife, noting that the husband had legally rem...
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The Bill states that the existing Act is prone to misuse, facilitating underage or forced marriages without the consent of the parties involved. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Assam presented a new Bill in the State Assembly on Thursd...
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However, the Court said such ad-interim maintenance must be granted only in exceptional cases. The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently decided that a court can grant ad-interim maintenance, including through an ex-parte order, under Section 125 of...
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The matter is listed for hearing next on September 26. A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed with the Punjab and Haryana High Court, requesting a directive to establish provisions or rules for the mandatory enforcement of protection order...
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The Bengaluru techie who went missing revealed that he had left home due to serious domestic issues with his wife. New developments have surfaced in the case of 37-year-old Vipin Gupta, a tech professional from Bengaluru. Gupta, who was last seen on ...
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In a significant ruling, Justice J.J. Munir of the Allahabad High Court addressed the issue of barring candidates from public employment due to criminal records arising from family disputes. The case, Baba Singh vs. State of U.P. and Others (Writ – A...
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The Court was hearing a petition seeking quashing of the FIR registered against a Muslim man under Section 4 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019. The Himachal Pradesh High Court recently determined that the Muslim Women (...
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