Comparative analysis of Hindu and Muslim matrimonial laws, exploring differences in marriage and divorce provisions under personal laws for both religions.
Read Full ArticleMP High Court ruled that inconvenience to appear in court isn't valid grounds to waive the 6-month cooling-off period in mutual divorce cases.
SC: Woman's father can't seek return of her stridhan; court quashes belated criminal case, emphasizing only a woman can claim her stridhan under Hindu law.
Karnataka HC upholds orders for interim maintenance, emphasizing a husband's duty to support his wife and child despite financial difficulties.
Allahabad HC rules that a wife's failure to care for in-laws is not cruelty when the husband lives separately, dismissing a divorce appeal by the husband.
Delhi High Court grants divorce after 12 years of separation, ruling that prolonged separation constitutes mental cruelty under the Hindu Marriage Act.
Bombay HC waives six-month cooling-off period in mutual divorce case, citing mental agony faced by couples, and grants immediate divorce decree.
Supreme Court grants divorce on grounds of desertion, overturns High Court ruling, stating the marriage had irretrievably broken down over 16 years
Hindu marriages require ceremonies, not just registration, for validity under Hindu Marriage Act, SC rules.
Supreme Court permits potency test for husband in divorce case where wife alleges marriage unconsummated after 7+ years.
'Kanyadaan' isn't necessary for solemnisation of a marriage under Hindu Marriage Act, here's what Allahabad High Court has said.
The Madras High Court has clarified that removal of a wifes uterus due to ovarian cancer is not a cruelty, and therefore, not a ground for dissolution of marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act.
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