The Orissa High Court has ruled that a father cannot be refused custody of his minor child merely because he could not produce the child’s birth certificate. The Court stressed…
Precedent analyses on Section 498A IPC, Section 125 CrPC & BNSS safeguards
A husband was kept in continuous custody through 23 separate orders of 30 days each for unpaid maintenance to his wife and daughter. Can a Family Court repeatedly extend…
The Orissa High Court has ruled that a father cannot be refused custody of his minor child merely because he could not produce the child’s birth certificate. The Court stressed…
The Delhi High Court upheld a Family Court decree granting divorce after finding that the marriage was never consummated and the wife had wilfully refused physical intimacy. The…
Delhi High Court has ruled that a daughter can independently claim her share in HUF property even if her father earlier signed a family settlement. The Court said a minor daughter…
The Delhi High Court has ruled that a woman’s right to a shared household under the Domestic Violence Act is a protective right—not a right to permanently stay in her in-laws’…
The Madhya Pradesh High Court confirmed a divorce decree based on photographs showing the wife’s adultery, ruling that a Section 65B certificate is not compulsory in matrimonial…
The Patna High Court has held that a husband cannot avoid paying maintenance by merely alleging that his wife deserted him. Such allegations must first be proved in matrimonial…
The Supreme Court upheld the divorce of a judicial officer and his wife and increased her permanent alimony from ₹30 lakh to ₹50 lakh. The Court said a wife is entitled to a…
The Supreme Court dissolved a marriage from 1980 after the couple lived apart for nearly 30 years. The Court used Article 142, noting the wife’s absence from all proceedings and…
The Kerala High Court has ruled that a Highly Qualified wife cannot be denied maintenance just because she could earn. Actual income and ability to maintain herself are what…
