Madras HC grants divorce, holds wife’s post-petition DV complaint amounts to fresh cruelty; condonation cannot bar relief.
Read Full ArticleGujarat HC sets aside Family Court order mandating weekly court visits for a minor child, stressing child welfare and calling the approach unjust.
Madras HC rules habeas corpus cannot compel wife’s return; directs police to trace missing minor children and produce them before Magistrate.
Karnataka High Court orders interim adoption of Calcutta HC child access and custody guidelines with Parenting Plan 2025 pending formal rule-making.
Supreme 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.
Telangana High Court grants Pawan Khera one-week transit anticipatory bail in Assam FIR, allowing him time to seek regular bail before jurisdictional court.
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Supreme Court stays criminal proceedings against a priest booked under Section 295A IPC for remarks claiming Christianity as the only true religion.
10 April, 2026 04:37 PM
Bombay High Court questions Indians’ traffic rule compliance, enhances compensation to ₹15.15 lakh in TMTC bus accident case involving priest’s death.
10 April, 2026 02:20 PM
Supreme Court’s 9-judge Bench hears Sabarimala review, examining ERP doctrine, religious freedom, and Articles 25 and 26.
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