Living With 2nd Wife Without Divorce Loses Child Custody: Chhattisgarh High Court Says Child’s Welfare Comes First
The Chhattisgarh High Court refused to give custody of a 7-year-old child to the father who was living with a…
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Dead Marriages Should Not Be Kept Alive Artificially: Supreme Court Ends Husband-Wife Litigation, Perjury Continues Against Wife
The Supreme Court ended a husband-wife legal battle where the couple lived together for only 65 days but fought 40+…
Family Courts Cannot Refuse Execution Of Consensual Divorce Decree Over Property Dispute Between Husband & Wife: Gujarat High Court Quashes Erroneous Order
The Gujarat High Court has clearly ruled that once spouses agree to divorce terms, courts must enforce them fully. Delays…
Wife Hide Her Age and Life Conviction for Lover’s Murder, Threatened to Kill Husband’s Family and Filed False Cases: Jharkhand HC Grants Divorce Citing Cruelty
The Jharkhand High Court upheld divorce in favour of a husband after finding that the wife concealed her real age…
Accessing Wife’s Intimate Photographs With Ex-Boyfriend From Her Phone & Threatening To Circulate Them Amounts To Cruelty: Jharkhand High Court Grants Divorce
Jharkhand High Court granted divorce to a woman after holding that sharing her pre-marriage photos and humiliating her amounted to…
Priest Husband Funds Wife’s Career; She Becomes a Police Officer and Files for Divorce, Calling Him “Unfit”: Bhopal Court Case
A Bhopal family court is hearing a divorce case where a temple priest who funded his wife’s education is now…
HP High Court: Family Court Can Decide Stridhan & Property Disputes Even After Divorce Decree | Big Relief For Husbands Facing Multiple Cases
Himachal Pradesh High Court ruled that Family Courts retain jurisdiction to decide stridhan and matrimonial property disputes even after divorce,…
Supreme Court Transfers Husband’s Case to Wife’s City Again: How Indian Men Lose Jurisdictional Fairness in Matrimonial Litigation
The Supreme Court transferred a husband’s restitution case from Madhya Pradesh to Rajasthan solely on the wife’s convenience. This order…
Gujarat High Court Ends Forced Waiting in Dead Marriages: Cooling Period U/S 13B of HMA Can’t Be Used As Legal Punishment
The Gujarat High Court has clarified that the six-month cooling-off period under Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act is…
Maintenance Is Not Free Money. Wife Must Spend 10% Maintenance On Skill Development To Become Financially Independent: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab & Haryana High Court refused to further increase maintenance and directed the wife to use 10% of the…