Divorce within one year of marriage is generally barred in India, but not always. Here is the real legal position under the Hindu Marriage Act and Special Marriage Act, with updated case law and court-backed exceptions. NEW DELHI: In India, many peo...
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Can a matrimonial FIR in India bring an NRI husband back through extradition? Or is the system being misunderstood where accusation and international law are being mixed up? NEW DELHI: When an NRI husband is accused in India, families often hear one ...
Read MoreThe Delhi High Court modified a Family Court’s maintenance order, reducing the husband’s monthly maintenance payable to his estranged wife from ₹25,000 to ₹17,000. While holding that the husband’s income tax return for AY 2018–19 was the appropriate ...
Read MoreOnce the Court is called upon to declare that there exists a custom contrary to the codified Hindu Marriage Act, the burden of proof is heavy on the party asserting the custom, the Court stressed. The Delhi High Court held that a customary divorce am...
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The Delhi High Court noted that questioning a husband’s legitimacy by labeling him illegitimate and making disparaging remarks about his mother constitutes mental cruelty, which can serve as legitimate grounds for divorce. A Division Bench, comprisin...
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“Third party must not intentionally and wrongfully interfere with marital relationship by acts calculated to alienate the affection of a spouse The Delhi High Court held that a spouse can file a civil suit claiming damages from the other spouse...
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The Court allowed enhanced maintenance payable to the wife to ₹14,000 from the ₹10,000 that had earlier been fixed in 2012 when the husband’s salary was lower. The Delhi High Court has held that an increase in a husband’s earnings along with th...
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The Delhi High Court was considering a Writ Petition filed by the CISF Constable against his dismissal from service on allegation that he had contracted a second marriage while his first marriage was subsisting. The Delhi High Court, upholding the di...
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The Court observed that the woman who had filed the contempt petition against the husband and his parents had herself acted in violation of the Family Court orders. The Delhi High Court recently levied a cost of ₹50,000 on a woman who had filed a pet...
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The Court observed that relationships at workplaces often become sour and lead to criminal cases. The Delhi High Court on Monday granted bail to a man accused of rape, causing hurt, criminal intimidation, outraging a woman’s modesty, and engagi...
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