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Consenting Adults Don’t Need Parents Or Society’s Approval For Choosing Life Partners: Delhi HC Exposes How Men & Women Are Still Forced to Seek ‘Permission’
High Court Feb 09, 2026

Consenting Adults Don’t Need Parents Or Society’s Approval For Choosing Life Partners: Delhi HC Exposes How Men & Women Are Still Forced to Seek ‘Permission’

The Delhi High Court reaffirmed that marriage between consenting adults is a constitutional right, not a family-controlled privilege. Parental threats or social pressure cannot override personal liberty under Article 21. NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court, through Justice Saurabh Banerjee, has once again sent a strong and clear message that marriage is a personal choice…
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Wife’s Maintenance Cancelled As There’s No Proof of Lawful Divorce. Marriage Cannot Be Ended By Notary Affidavit: Gauhati High Court
High Court Jan 31, 2026

Wife’s Maintenance Cancelled As There’s No Proof of Lawful Divorce. Marriage Cannot Be Ended By Notary Affidavit: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court ruled that a notarised affidavit is not a valid way to dissolve a marriage. Without legal proof of divorce, a man cannot be forced to pay maintenance as a husband. Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court held that a marriage cannot be dissolved merely by signing an affidavit before a Notary. The…

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Long Live-In Relationship = Marriage: Bombay High Court Allows DV Trial Against Man, Grants Relief to Family
High Court Jan 24, 2026

Long Live-In Relationship = Marriage: Bombay High Court Allows DV Trial Against Man, Grants Relief to Family

A live-in relationship with long cohabitation and birth of a child was held sufficient to attract DV Act proceedings against a man. However, the Court protected his parents and current wife, finding no allegations against them. Nagpur: The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court recently heard a petition seeking quashing of a Domestic Violence…

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Married as “Widow” While First Husband Was Alive: Chhattisgarh HC Declares “Chudi” Marriage Void Under HMA for No Proof of Divorce, Rejects Fake Inheritance Claims
High Court Jan 19, 2026

Married as “Widow” While First Husband Was Alive: Chhattisgarh HC Declares “Chudi” Marriage Void Under HMA for No Proof of Divorce, Rejects Fake Inheritance Claims

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…

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Wife Hide Her Age and Life Conviction for Lover’s Murder, Threatened to Kill Husband’s Family and Filed False Cases: Jharkhand HC Grants Divorce Citing Cruelty
High Court Jan 15, 2026

Wife Hide Her Age and Life Conviction for Lover’s Murder, Threatened to Kill Husband’s Family and Filed False Cases: Jharkhand HC Grants Divorce Citing Cruelty

The Jharkhand High Court upheld divorce in favour of a husband after finding that the wife concealed her real age and her life imprisonment conviction in a murder case before marriage. The Court ruled that marriage cannot survive when trust is destroyed by suppression of serious facts. RANCHI: The Jharkhand High Court has clearly held…

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Long Live-In Relationship = Marriage: Bombay High Court Allows DV Trial Against Man, Grants Relief to Family
High Court Jan 24, 2026 0

Long Live-In Relationship = Marriage: Bombay High Court Allows DV Trial Against Man, Grants Relief to Family

A live-in relationship with long cohabitation and birth of a child was held sufficient to attract DV Act proceedings against a man. However, the Court protected his parents and current wife, finding no allegations against them. Nagpur: The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court recently heard a petition seeking quashing of a Domestic Violence…

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Married as “Widow” While First Husband Was Alive: Chhattisgarh HC Declares “Chudi” Marriage Void Under HMA for No Proof of Divorce, Rejects Fake Inheritance Claims
High Court Jan 19, 2026 0

Married as “Widow” While First Husband Was Alive: Chhattisgarh HC Declares “Chudi” Marriage Void Under HMA for No Proof of Divorce, Rejects Fake Inheritance Claims

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…

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Wife Hide Her Age and Life Conviction for Lover’s Murder, Threatened to Kill Husband’s Family and Filed False Cases: Jharkhand HC Grants Divorce Citing Cruelty
High Court Jan 15, 2026 0

Wife Hide Her Age and Life Conviction for Lover’s Murder, Threatened to Kill Husband’s Family and Filed False Cases: Jharkhand HC Grants Divorce Citing Cruelty

The Jharkhand High Court upheld divorce in favour of a husband after finding that the wife concealed her real age and her life imprisonment conviction in a murder case before marriage. The Court ruled that marriage cannot survive when trust is destroyed by suppression of serious facts. RANCHI: The Jharkhand High Court has clearly held…

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