In 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 MoreWhen no declaration is sought regarding illegitimacy of the child and the issue only relates to adultery of the wife, DNA test can be ordered, the Court said. The Madhya Pradesh High Court has confirmed a lower court’s directive allowing a husb...
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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 on Thursday held that forcing a wife to abandon her studies amounts to mental cruelty,...
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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...
Read MoreThe Madhya Pradesh High Court emphasized that the maintenance provisions under Section 125 of the CrPC are not intended to create a “dependent class” of individuals relying on spousal financial support. In this case, the petitioner argued...
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