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Earning Mother to bear maintenance of children Proportionately
Judgement Aug 25, 2022 0

Earning Mother to bear maintenance of children Proportionately

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA D.P. Wadhwa & M.B. Shah Padmja Sharma vs Ratan Lal Sharma Law Point: Mother to share maintenance of children in the ratio of her earnings to the father/husband JUDGEMENT JUDGMENT 2000 (2) SCR 621 The Judgment of the Court was delivered by D.P. WADHWA, J. Appellant, the wife, whose marriage with […]

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Qualified Working Wife No Maintenance
Judgement Aug 16, 2022 0

Qualified Working Wife No Maintenance

Delhi High Court Justice G.s. Sistani And Jyoti Singh Kn Vs. Rg On 12 February 2019 Law Point: Court Has To Consider The Cost Of Living As Per The Living Standards In Country Where Husband Is Employed. Qualified & Working Wife With No Child Or Other Liabilities. Maintenance Denied. Judgement 1. The appellant/wife is aggrieved […]

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Constant Nagging by Wife on Various Aspects is Cruelty
Divorce Aug 9, 2022 0

Constant Nagging by Wife on Various Aspects is Cruelty

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA JUSTICE Ruma Pal, Arijit Pasayat & C.K. Thakker A. Jayachandra Vs. Aneel Kaur On 2 December 2004 Law Point: Constant nagging on various aspects certainly amounted to causing indelible mental agony and amount to cruelty JUDGEMENT Leave granted. Parties to a marriage tying nuptial knot aro supposed to bring about the […]

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498A can be investigated only where Crime is Committed
Judgement Aug 9, 2022 0

498A can be investigated only where Crime is Committed

THE RATIO OF THIS JUDGMENT IS OVERRULED. THE SAME IS PUT HERE FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE ONLY DELHI HIGH COURT JUSTICE Shiv Narayan Dhingra Niraj Trivedi Vs. State of Bihar & Ors. On 4 January 2008 Law Point: Quashing of FIR — This Court can exercise jurisdiction in all those cases where though crime should have […]

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