Karnataka High Court orders interim adoption of Calcutta HC child access and custody guidelines with Parenting Plan 2025 pending formal rule-making.
Read Full ArticleSupreme Court rules that working from home cannot determine child custody, dismissing the mother’s appeal while upholding the father’s custody and visitation rights.
Madras HC rejects grandfather’s plea seeking maintenance from a remarried mother, holding the natural guardian father is alive, capable and responsible for the child.
Delhi HC held that courts must ensure their jurisdiction isn’t “snatched away” in child custody disputes involving foreign nationals likely to flee the country.
Orissa High Court restores biological father’s visitation rights, holding that every child is entitled to love and affection of both parents.
MP High Court rejects husband’s plea to cut maintenance, slams him for shirking duty while living lavishly with a Harley Davidson.
SC quashes 2016 dowry harassment FIR against Indian-origin Australian man, citing questionable conduct of ex-wife and need for non-mechanical approach.
Delhi HC rules wife’s education or job no bar to maintenance; orders ₹1.5 lakh monthly support for wife and child to ensure parity in lifestyle.
SC says funding daughter’s marriage is a father’s duty; directs man to pay ₹10 lakh while upholding divorce after long separation.
SC affirms child’s right to affection of both parents, granting father video call access to son living in Ireland every alternate Sunday.
SC reviews child custody verdict, citing child’s anxiety, emotional bond with mother & stepfamily; grants visitation to father for holistic upbringing.
Bombay High Court rules that hiring domestic help is no ground to deny maternal custody, emphasizing child welfare and mothers’ caregiving rights.
Patna High Court upholds maternal grandparents’ custody of minor girl, ruling child’s welfare takes precedence over father’s legal guardianship claim.
SC grants father visitation rights despite child’s resistance, says child custody is a human problem needing a human touch.
SC grants custody of a minor to his remarried father, emphasizing natural guardian rights and child welfare, with a phased transition plan until May 2025.
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Supreme Court rules accused on bail after suspension of sentence need not appear on every hearing date in appellate or revisional courts.
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Kerala High Court holds that a Hindu wife can claim maintenance from her husband’s immovable property, laying down a three-stage framework of rights.
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