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Articles Apr 1, 2024 0

Divorce by Mutual Consent

What is Mutual Divorce? When both parties to the marriage want to end the marriage and reach an agreement to this effect and, upon satisfying specific other legal requirements, mutually present a petition for divorce in a court having territorial jurisdiction, it is called Divorce by Mutual Consent and is also colloquially called Mutual Divorce. […]

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Knowledge Center Apr 1, 2024 0

Stridhan

Recently, when, for some specific purposes, I was looking for the exhaustive definition of Stridhan and its distinction with Dowry, I found the material or definitions available on the net mostly wanting. In most places, it is mentioned that a property acquired by a woman before, at the time of marriage and later is Stridhan. […]

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Articles Apr 1, 2024 0

Planning To Get Married Life – Watch Out for these

Are You Planning to get married? Then Read On A couple of days ago I came across a news article on this portal about a recent conference held in the Middle East on pre-marital screening for women, which got my immediate attention. Even though it was about medical screening for spinsters in order to avoid […]

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Articles Apr 1, 2024 0

Void Marriage

When Marriage Void under Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, A marriage becomes void, if any of the conditions related to Section 5(1), 5(4), 5(5) of HMA is contravened. These conditions hereto are: Either party Has A Spouse Living At the Time Of The Marriage The Parties To the Marriage Fall within The Degrees Of Prohibited Relationship The […]

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Articles Mar 30, 2024 0

How to Present Email, WhatsApp, Facebook, CCTV Footage and Other Sensitive Evidence in Court in Delhi

Communication between Husband and Wife is considered “Privileged Communication” besides being personal and sensitive at most times. As per the Law Dictionary, a conversation that takes place within the context of a protected relationship between an attorney and client, a husband and wife, a priest and penitent, and a doctor and patient is called Privileged […]

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Articles Mar 30, 2024 0

Law of Bail in India

So what is Bail? The word Bail is not defined in CrPC but it has to be understood as a concept. Bail means release of a person from custody of police and his delivery to the sureties who undertake to produce him in court upon appointed day. The jurisprudence of bail deals with the procedural […]

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Articles Mar 30, 2024 0

Use of Electronic Evidence in Matrimonial Dispute

If you are reading this, there is a high chance that you or your dear ones are in matrimonial turmoil, and another easy guess would be that you or dear ones are acquainted and users of various technological advancements like the Internet, Smartphones, WhatsApp, Facebook, etc. Today, if there is a marital dispute, there would […]

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Articles Mar 29, 2024 0

Shall Men Not File For Divorce?

I have been attached to a few Men’s Rights Groups. Overall, the group mood is that Man should not file for divorce as he is unlikely to get the same and should contest tooth and nail if filed by a wife. So much so that in the cases of Adultery as well, when there are […]

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Articles Mar 29, 2024 0

Domestic Relationship Shared Household Matrimonial House

Domestic Relationship, Shared Household and Matrimonial Home as Per Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (PWDVA, 2005) There is a lot of confusion amongst our brethren regarding terms like domestic relationships, shared households and matrimonial houses. Especially to those who are facing cases under the Domestic Violence Act and the woman is seeking […]

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