Supreme Court issues contempt notice to AIIMS Acting Director over non-compliance with its DNA paternity test order in a matrimonial dispute.
Read Full ArticleSupreme Court rules that persistent denial of sexual relations and 15 years of separation can amount to mental cruelty, justifying divorce.
Supreme Court clarifies when DNA tests can be ordered in paternity disputes, balancing privacy rights against the need to determine parentage.
बॉम्बे हाई कोर्ट ने तलाक के आदेश को रद्द करते हुए कहा कि पत्नी नौकरानी नहीं होती, और पत्नी को ₹20,000 प्रतिमाह भरण-पोषण व आवास सहायता देने का निर्देश दिया।
Bombay High Court set aside a divorce decree, holding wives are not maids, and awarded the wife Rs 20,000 monthly maintenance and housing support.
Madras High Court grants divorce to CRPF constable, holding that adultery can be proved through circumstantial evidence.
Madras High Court grants divorce, holding that secretly arranging daughter’s marriage without informing the father amounts to mental cruelty.
Bombay HC says wife cannot be denied maintenance merely for filing restitution plea after husband sought divorce; education alone no ground to refuse support.
Rajasthan HC upheld the eviction of a son and daughter-in-law under the Senior Citizens Act, stressing protection and dignity of elderly parents.
Senior Advocate Mahalakshmi Pavani critically examines Indian matrimonial law, judicial paternalism, and gender bias, calling for gender-neutral domestic violence laws and equal constitutional protect...
Allahabad High Court denied interim maintenance to a doctor-wife earning ₹31 lakh annually, holding voluntary unemployment cannot burden husband.
Supreme Court holds consent in divorce settlement cannot be withdrawn after compliance, quashes DV case, and dissolves marriage under Article 142.
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.
Supreme Court rules that a daughter-in-law widowed after her father-in-law’s death can claim maintenance from his estate under Hindu law.
Karnataka High Court orders interim adoption of Calcutta HC child access and custody guidelines with Parenting Plan 2025 pending formal rule-making.
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