Category-wise legal articles and resources.
Can a husband get divorce by alleging wife’s mental illness? The Madras High Court refused divorce despite the husband producing doctors’ prescriptions, because mere prescriptions were not enough to prove the wife’s alleged schizophrenia or show that married life had become impossible. MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, comprising Justice N. Anand…
Holding that a husband’s alleged second marriage can cause serious emotional harm to the first wife, the Ahmedabad Court granted maintenance and protection orders. AHMEDABAD: An Ahmedabad Metropolitan Magistrate Court recently passed an order in a domestic violence case involving an insurance company executive who was accused of secretly marrying another woman during the subsistence…
False DV Act cases in India are often used to pressure husbands for money, property, residence and settlement. Know the law, case laws, rights and strategy. NEW DELHI: A law made to protect genuine victims should never become a weapon to destroy innocent husbands and their families. The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, […]
Can old court cases continue to damage a person’s life even after they win or are acquitted? The Delhi High Court has now laid down clear rules on when names and personal details can be hidden from online court records. NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has recognised the Right to Be Forgotten as an…
NCRB data shows men form nearly three-fourths of suicide deaths in India. Here is the legal, social and family-court reality behind India’s male suicide crisis. NEW DELHI: India’s suicide crisis has a gender which is rarely discussed honestly. NCRB data shows that men, especially married and working-age men, are dying by suicide in alarming numbers […]
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