Many husbands assume infidelity ends financial liability. The law says otherwise and the difference between morality and statutory wording is where most men lose their cases. NEW DELHI: When adultery enters a marriage dispute, one question dominates ...
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A Detailed Legal Examination of Why Maintenance Under the DV Act Is Conditional, Discretionary, and Evidence-Based — Not Automatic “Sir, she has filed a Domestic Violence case. Now I will definitely have to pay maintenance, right?” That question is n...
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Most people search “how to file divorce in India” only when the situation has already escalated beyond repair. Before you take that step, understand the legal process, grounds, and consequences that can change your life permanently. “Where do I start...
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What begins as a marital disagreement now often ends in police complaints, arrests, and years of criminal trial. Is the legal system protecting families — or accelerating the collapse of marriage through criminalisation? NEW DELHI: Marriage in India ...
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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 legal precedent concerning matrimonial obligations, the Allahabad High Court has determined that a wife is ineligible to claim maintenance if her own conduct, or that of her family, has directly resulted in her husband’s loss o...
Read MoreThe Allahabad High Court recently quashed a Family Court order that had dismissed a wife’s maintenance claim solely on the ground that she was a YouTuber earning from reels. Justice Harvir Singh observed that the Family Court concluded that the wife ...
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 More“Adultery can often be established through circumstantial evidence, provided the circumstances lead logically to that conclusion,” the Court said. The Kerala High Court has recently observed that allegations of adultery in a marriage may ...
Read MoreThe law is well settled that even if a wife has the capability to earn or is earning something, it does not disentitle her from claiming maintenance, the Court said. The Kerala High Court recently ruled that a Muslim husband cannot deny maintenance t...
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