Maintenance Claims under Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 Not Classified as Suits, Exempt from Ad Valorem Court Fees
“The Family Courts Act, 1984 was enacted pursuant to the 59th Report of the Law Commission wherein it was stressed […]
“The Family Courts Act, 1984 was enacted pursuant to the 59th Report of the Law Commission wherein it was stressed […]
Despite the absence of a finalized police report in an ongoing case concerning an individual accused of an offense under
In a significant legal development, the High Court of Jharkhand has overturned a previous ruling by the family court. The
The High Court in Jharkhand overturned the family court’s ruling, which had dismissed the appellant’s application for permanent alimony under
Introduction In a recent adjudication handed down by the Family Court in Mumbai, a profound inquiry into the legal status
A recent judgment rendered by a Family Court in Mumbai expounded that prenuptial agreements, while not endowed with legally binding
The Kerala High Court has pronounced that a Muslim wife who procures a ‘Khula’ divorce is not eligible to assert
The Court said that the wife’s contention that she was legally wedded and thus entitled to maintenance cannot be accepted
The Karnataka High Court, in response to a petition filed by the married daughter of a deceased employee of the
The court also relied on the section 7 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, which provides that a Hindu marriage may
Family Court Judge Harish Kumar accepted majority of the allegations made by Dhawan against his estranged wife and held that
A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti said that the High Court was not justified in imposing the
The practice of giving long dates was criticised by the Supreme Court last year when the High Court while issuing
In the case at hand, the husband’s contradictory statements about his employment and dependency on others for income created doubt
In a recent divorce case, the Kerala High Court rendered a judgment asserting that the act of withholding mutual consent
In a recent legal pronouncement, the Kerala High Court has articulated that the registering authority tasked with processing marriage applications
The Commission has proposed amendments to address situations where there is approval, even if not consent in the eyes of
The Delhi High Court has rendered a judgment delineating that the establishment of social connections, whether at the workplace or