Can a Husband or Father File Habeas Corpus to Force a Woman Back Home? Karnataka High Court Answers
Can a husband or father use habeas corpus petitions to bring back a woman to the family home? The Karnataka…
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Wife’s HIV Positive Allegation Against Husband Not Enough To Prove Cruelty; Karnataka High Court Cancels Divorce Decree
The Karnataka High Court cancelled the divorce decree granted to the husband and ordered a fresh hearing after finding insufficient…
Six To Seven Months Of Cohabitation Alone Cannot Defeat Interim Maintenance Claim: Karnataka HC Orders Fresh Consideration In Wife’s Plea Against Husband Allegedly Working In Dubai
Can A Short Marriage Automatically Defeat Maintenance Claim? The Karnataka High Court held that mere short duration of marriage cannot…
Wife Earning ₹1.5 Lakh Monthly Cannot Seek Enhanced Maintenance Merely By Pointing Towards Husband’s One Acre Land And Ancestral Property Claims: Karnataka High Court
Can speculative claims over ancestral property outweigh the financial independence of the wife and the husband’s unemployment claim? The Karnataka…
Husband Maintaining Second Family Cannot Deny Maintenance To First Wife, Children And Aged Mother: Karnataka High Court Reduces Quantum But Upholds Liability
Can a husband escape maintenance liability by claiming low income and denying paternity without proving lack of access? Husband Maintaining…
Husband Cannot Be Burdened For Interim Maintenance Under HMA When Final Maintenance Is Already Awarded Under Section 125 CrPC: Karnataka High Court
Can a husband be compelled to bear two maintenance liabilities—interim and final—for the same matrimonial cause? The Karnataka High Court…
Army Man Gets Divorce As Wife Falsely Complains To Superior Officers: Karnataka High Court Calls It Career-Damaging And Mental Cruelty
Can repeated complaints and false claims against a husband destroy a marriage legally? Karnataka High Court answers this—what it held…
Unregistered Marriage ≠ No Divorce Rights: Karnataka High Court Upholds Maintainability of Divorce Petition Under Special Marriage Act Without Marriage Registration
Does an unregistered marriage mean no remedy under the Special Marriage Act? Karnataka High Court said no, holding that non-registration…
Wife’s Salary Of ₹40K Insufficient, Husband Must Continue Paying ₹20K Maintenance Despite Unemployment: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court considered previous high income of a jobless husband and upheld ₹20,000 monthly maintenance payable to his…
Jobless Husband Still Liable Despite Wife Earning ₹1.5 Lakh Monthly Salary: Karnataka High Court Refuses To Enhance Maintenance
If a wife earns ₹1.5 lakh monthly, why is a ‘jobless’ husband still expected to pay maintenance? And can property…
