Some years back, I was sucked into the labyrinth of Indian Matrimonial laws and a false 498a in particular. To be fair, before it hit me, it was difficult for me to fathom the wide spread misuse of dowry laws and specially 498a in India.
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The laws in India related to Divorce were not codified for most religions till not a long time ago. Hindu Males were allowed unlimited polygamy till 1955 and till 1939 a Muslim Woman could not seek divorce from her husband basis their personal laws. Amongst the talks of Uniform Civil Code in the background, which […]
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. […]
Last week, the Delhi High Court gave Landmark Guidelines on Mutual Divorce while deciding the fate of 17 petitions between warring couples in which at least one of the parties has resiled from their original position, rendering Decree u/s 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act as an impossibility. This judgement will favour the better prepared […]