Madras High Court holds that the right to marry is a human right and suggests amending Section 15 HMA to require a timely stay before a divorce decree can indefinitely block remarriage.
Read Full ArticleThe Allahabad High Court urged families to treat dowry harassment complaints as genuine cries for help, not routine marital disputes, while upholding convictions in a dowry death case and modifying the sentence.
The Supreme Court dissolved the marriage of J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Payal Abdullah under Article 142 after the parties reached an amicable settlement through mediation.
The Jharkhand High Court ruled that permanent alimony must balance the wife's financial security with the husband's paying capacity, holding that no fixed mathematical formula can determine its quantum.
Jharkhand HC upholds refusal of divorce, holding husband's unproven un-chastity allegations against wife amount to cruelty by him, and that he failed to prove cruelty or desertion by her.
Karnataka High Court rules that a spouse cannot seek divorce merely by claiming loss of interest, reiterating that a Hindu marriage is a sacrament, not a contract.
Telangana High Court ruled that secretly recording a spouse's calls violates the right to privacy under Article 21 and is inadmissible in matrimonial disputes.
The Supreme Court ruled that Article 21 privacy rights are not absolute and cannot block a spouse's access to call records and hotel details required to prove adultery in divorce cases.
Kerala HC dismisses a Christian woman's plea to read wife's-residence jurisdiction into the Divorce Act's Section 3(3), but urges Parliament to amend it in line with the HMA and SMA.
Madras High Court holds a husband's doubt over his child's paternity and demand for a DNA test amounts to mental cruelty, while affirming the wife's divorce decree.
Karnataka High Court held that maintenance cannot be granted to a wife earning more than her husband, ruling it is payable only if she cannot maintain herself.
Supreme Court rules that persistent denial of sexual relations and 15 years of separation can amount to mental cruelty, justifying divorce.
Madras High Court grants divorce, holding that secretly arranging daughter’s marriage without informing the father amounts to mental cruelty.
Madras HC grants divorce, holds wife’s post-petition DV complaint amounts to fresh cruelty; condonation cannot bar relief.
Telangana High Court sets aside DNA test order in matrimonial dispute, holding a child cannot be used as a pawn to prove adultery against the mother.
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