Once 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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Forcing her to live with a person who is neither educated nor eager to improve himself certainly amounts to mental cruelty, it ruled. The Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled on Thursday that forcing a wife to abandon her studies amounts to mental cruelty...
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The Court recognised the considerable hardships faced by the young mother attending the divorce proceeding with her infant, who requires ongoing medical care. The Bombay High Court on Monday imposed a cost of ₹1 lakh on a man for opposing his estrang...
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The Gujarat High Court on Friday held that a woman can file a complaint alleging cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) even after divorce, but it applies only for incidents that had taken place while the marriage was subsisting. J...
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The Holy Quran says that the husband to look after his wife and children, especially in case they are in disablement condition, the Karnataka High Court said recently. It said this while rejecting a petition filed by a Muslim man against a maintenanc...
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When a matrimonial case involves a plea for divorce, the courts should aim to dispose of it within a period of note more than one year so that after the event of grant of a divorce decree, the parties may restructure their lives, said the High Court....
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The Kerala High Court recently held that when there is prima facie evidence of long cohabitation between a man and woman, the plea for a DNA test of the man to determine the paternity of a child who is born out of the relationship cannot be rejected....
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In a first for Delhi, an estranged couple was allowed to go their separate ways by a city court through videoconferencing. During the divorce proceedings carried out through mutual consent, the man and woman gave a joint statement online and the soft...
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Compelling a man to live separately from his old parents would amount to cruelty on the part of his wife and it may become a ground to seek divorce, the Kerala High Court has held.
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A divorce obtained through mutual consent of both spouses or through contesting in a court of law results in the termination of marriage between two persons and not only causes stress and trauma to both the estranged spouses but also to children born...
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