When can a live-in relationship attract 498A, what proves an intention to marry, and what legal safeguards protect men and their families from vague allegations and automatic arrest? NEW DELHI: Thousands of couples in India live together believing th...
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Marriage is not a shortcut to half the husband’s property. But litigation can still turn property into bargaining pressure. NEW DELHI: In India, there is no automatic law that says a wife gets 50% of the husband’s property merely because she married ...
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Can mutual divorce be withdrawn after first motion in India? Section 13B HMA, Section 28 SMA, Supreme Court rulings, legal consequences, settlement risks, and what husbands must do next. NEW DELHI: In India, a mutual divorce does not become final mer...
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Can a working wife claim maintenance in India under Section 125 CrPC or Section 144 BNSS? Latest Supreme Court and High Court position, updated law, real case principles, and when maintenance is granted or denied. NEW DELHI: Yes. A working wife can ...
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Many relationships in India begin with consent but end in criminal allegations when things fall apart. So when does the law treat a breakup as a crime and when do courts refuse to turn a failed relationship into a rape case? NEW DELHI: Relationships...
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 MoreDowry and mehr now co-exist in Muslim marriages, the Court lamented On December 15, the Supreme Court issued a series of general directions to address the social evil of dowry deaths. It also overturned an Allahabad High Court judgment that had acqui...
Read MoreLong period of separation without any hope for reconciliation amounts to cruelty to both the parties, the Court observed. Observing that courts should not keep alive a marriage that survives only in form, the Supreme Court on Monday (December 15) dis...
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 Supreme Court has reiterated that a High Court cannot grant anticipatory bail while refusing to quash an FIR, stressing that the accused must first apply for pre-arrest bail before the Sessions Court. “It cannot be denied that provisions of...
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