Thousands of NRIs assume a U.S. divorce ends their marriage everywhere. Indian courts say otherwise. A little-known rule under Section 13 CPC can turn a foreign divorce into a legal nightmare in India. NEW DELHI: As more Indian professionals and fami...
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Most people don’t realise the legal and financial trap they step into when choosing contested divorce over mutual consent. Before you file — understand what Indian courts, Supreme Court rulings, and real courtroom practice actually mean for your futu...
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Many fathers assume divorce means losing their child. The law says otherwise — and recent rulings may surprise you. Divorce does not automatically push fathers to the margins of their child’s life under Indian law. But what actually happens inside co...
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Many people believe that once a marital dispute starts, the husband has no protection under Indian law. The truth is very different, and knowing it can completely change how a case unfolds. The biggest myth being pushed in matrimonial litigation toda...
Read MoreIn a significant ruling on January 21, Justice Vivek Jain of the Madhya Pradesh High Court turned down a husband’s request for a medical examination of his wife, which he had sought to prove her alleged refusal to engage in sexual relations. The Cour...
Read MoreThe condition prescribed under Section 13B(1) of the Hindu Marriage Act is directory and not mandatory, the Court said. In a ruling with far-reaching implications for divorce law, the Delhi High Court held that the requirement of spouses “living sepa...
Read MoreThe Court allowed the appeal filed by the wife after finding that she was kept in the dark about a 2009 divorce decree. The Supreme Court recently condoned the delay in a woman’s challenge to an ex-parte divorce decree, noting that she had remained u...
Read MoreWhile granting the husband (a family court judge) divorce, the High Court had earlier ordered him to pay his wife (a former Additional Advocate General) permanent alimony of ₹30 lakh. The Supreme Court recently affirmed the divorce granted to a famil...
Read MoreThe divorce granted to the husband by a family court had been stayed by a division bench of the High Court. The Punjab and Haryana High Court has sentenced a man to three months’ simple imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹2,000 for entering into a se...
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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