MP HC hails woman as ‘ideal Indian wife’ for living with in-laws 19 years after husband’s desertion, dismisses his divorce plea.
Read Full ArticleOrissa High Court upholds divorce as wife’s derogatory remarks over husband’s disability amount to mental cruelty.
SC grants divorce citing irretrievable breakdown; rejects husband’s plea over wife’s govt job, stigma for daughter, and absence of valid legal grounds.
SC rules Sharia courts have no legal recognition; orders maintenance for woman denied relief by family court in CrPC Section 125 case.
Supreme Court quashes 498A case against parents-in-law, urges courts to be cautious in handling matrimonial allegations made after divorce proceedings.
Kerala HC upholds divorce, ruling that the husband’s spiritual obsession and denial of conjugal rights amounted to mental cruelty and irretrievable breakdown.
Orissa HC grants divorce in a decade-old dispute, citing desertion under Hindu Marriage Act as no effort was made for restitution of conjugal rights.
Delhi HC rules that well-educated wives with work experience cannot stay unemployed just to claim maintenance, emphasizing financial independence.
Madras HC rules that a wife watching porn and enjoying self-pleasure isn’t cruelty, rejecting a husband’s divorce plea citing these as grounds.
SC grants father visitation rights despite child’s resistance, says child custody is a human problem needing a human touch.
Madras HC rules that alleged adulterers must be impleaded as co-respondents in adultery-based divorce cases under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, ensuring fairness.
Allahabad HC grants divorce after 23 years of separation, clarifies marital cruelty standards, and cites Supreme Court precedent on prolonged desertion.
Supreme Court restores Rs 1.75 lakh monthly maintenance, emphasizing a wife’s right to maintain pre-divorce living standards in landmark judgment.
Comparative analysis of Hindu and Muslim matrimonial laws, exploring differences in marriage and divorce provisions under personal laws for both religions.
Delhi High Court upholds maintenance order for wife under Domestic Violence Act, rejecting husband's appeal and claims of reduced income.
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