Bombay High Court Rejects Wife’s Plea: The Bombay High Court has ruled that when both husband and wife file separate divorce petitions in different courts, the second petition must be transferred to the court where the first one was filed, holding that Section 21-A of the Hindu Marriage Act prevails over the general transfer powers…
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…
The Madhya Pradesh High Court stated that a husband must help his wife complete her higher studies and empower herself. The court granted ₹15,000 monthly maintenance to a wife pursuing MD in Homeopathy, overturning a family court’s order. Jabalpur: The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Indore, in a remarkable decision on October 15, 2025, granted…
The Madras High Court refused a wife’s plea for maintenance, saying her bedridden and financially weak husband cannot be forced to pay. The Court stressed that Section 125 CrPC is meant for support, not punishment. CHENNAI: The Madras High Court at the Madurai Bench has refused to grant maintenance to a woman, ruling that her…
Justice Surya Kant of the Supreme Court of India called it an “uncomfortable truth” that marriage has historically been misused to subjugate women. Speaking on family law trends, he said legal and social reforms are slowly turning marriage into a dignified partnership of equals, and reaffirmed that foreign divorce judgments obtained by fraud or against…
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