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Can a Wife refuse cohabitation, demand ₹2 crore for divorce and still challenge a divorce decree?The Chattisgarh High Court examined whether such conduct amounts to mental cruelty. CHATTISGARSH: The Chhattisgarh High Court has upheld a divorce granted to a husband after finding that his wife’s continued refusal to resume cohabitation, prolonged separation and demand for…
The High Court exposed how a marriage was projected as valid despite the first husband being alive and with no proof of divorce, strictly applied the Hindu Marriage Act, and declared the marriage void while rejecting cohabitation stories and revenue entries as legal proof. Custom, cohabitation, and fabricated records cannot create lawful marriage or inheritance…
The Chhattisgarh High Court confirmed divorce after finding that forcing a husband to leave his parents and humiliating him amounted to mental cruelty. Despite the wife being a salaried government teacher, the husband was directed to pay ₹5 lakh as permanent alimony. BILASPUR: The Chhattisgarh High Court has upheld a 2019 Family Court order granting…
The Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled that an unmarried daughter, even if she is a major, has a full legal right to claim daughter maintenance and marriage expenses from her father. The Court dismissed the father’s appeal and ordered him to pay monthly daughter maintenance and deposit ₹5 lakh for her marriage. BILASPUR: The Chhattisgarh…
The Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled that a daughter cannot claim her father property if he died before 1956 under the Mitakshara Hindu law, while a son is alive. The court clarified that only in the absence of a male child can a daughter inherit her father’s property. BILASPUR: The Chhattisgarh High Court, in a…
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