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Landmark Ruling in Kunal Kapur Divorce | Public Defamation of a Spouse Is Cruelty: Delhi High Court
Latest News Oct 6, 2025 0

Landmark Ruling in Kunal Kapur Divorce | Public Defamation of a Spouse Is Cruelty: Delhi High Court

In a landmark ruling, the Delhi High Court held that repeated false allegations, police harassment, and deliberate obstruction of a father’s relationship with his child amount to mental cruelty. The Court dissolved the marriage of celebrity chef Kunal Kapur, declaring that a husband’s dignity and peace of mind deserve equal legal protection. NEW DELHI: Bringing…

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False Impotency Allegation Is Mental Cruelty: Chhattisgarh High Court Grants Husband Divorce After 8 Years of Separation
High Court Oct 6, 2025 0

False Impotency Allegation Is Mental Cruelty: Chhattisgarh High Court Grants Husband Divorce After 8 Years of Separation

In a landmark ruling, the Chhattisgarh High Court held that a wife’s baseless claim of her husband’s impotency amounts to mental cruelty. The Court dissolved the marriage, declaring that false and humiliating accusations can destroy a man’s dignity and marital bond. Chhattisgarh High Court Grants Husband Divorce: In a precedent-setting judgment that resonates with every…

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Custody Battle | No Child Should Be a cof Parental Conflict: Supreme Court Upholds Father’s Right to Virtual Visitation
Latest News Oct 6, 2025 0

Custody Battle | No Child Should Be a cof Parental Conflict: Supreme Court Upholds Father’s Right to Virtual Visitation

In a landmark win for fathers’ rights, the Supreme Court ruled that no mother can cut a father off from his child even across continents restoring a man’s emotional right to parenthood through bi-weekly video calls as digital visitation. Casualty Child NEW DELHI: In a powerful reaffirmation of Parental Conflict, the Supreme Court of India…

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Wife’s Cruelty, False Cases & Child Alienation Recognised
Judgement Analysis Sep 22, 2025 0

Wife’s Cruelty, False Cases & Child Alienation Recognised

The Delhi High Court upheld a decree of divorce in favour of the husband, reiterating that prolonged denial of marital relations, repeated false criminal complaints, parental alienation, and sustained neglect of marital duties amount to mental cruelty under Section 13(1)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act. Brief Facts of the Case Marriage solemnised in 1990; a […]

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