Interestingly, the Supreme Court had refused to entertain a PIL challenging the provisions of the Special Marriage Act requiring publication […]
The Court also passed a series of directions for its registry to maintain confidentiality of the identity of sexual violence
Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi called for making terms in the Special Marriage Act gender-neutral so as to pave the way
“The right of an unmarried daughter to get reasonable expenses concerning her marriage from her father cannot have a religious
As per the recent practice directions from the Delhi High Court, family court judges are now required to preserve the
The Kerala High Court has stated that in cases of time-bound adjudication, the family court cannot simply dispose of the
Sessions judge SN Salve noted that the mother was a working woman and living as a paying guest and hence,
Very recently the High court of Uttarakhand ruled out that the party has the right to be represented through its
The Supreme Court observed that any non-compliance of Section 41 and 41A of Criminal Procedure Code at the time of
The couple filed a joint petition under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act on May 20, 2021 seeking decree
Recently, the Delhi High Court ruled that a wife making serious and unfounded allegations of criminal conduct against her in-laws and husband
During the hearing of a bail application of a POCSO Act accused, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has urged the
The Karnataka High Court has rejected the appeal of a woman who challenged a family court’s decision to grant a
In a case before the Bombay High Court, it was observed that children in India often suffer the consequences of
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has rejected a petition on the grounds that the second wife of a government employee
The vice principal and school nurse accused of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl student in Jharkhand were acquitted by a
The Patna High Court has stated that if a young girl expresses discomfort with residing with her mother, even if
Recently, the Madras High Court overturned a family court’s order which had directed a wife to pay her husband interim
The recent ruling by the Calcutta High Court states that a husband can obtain a divorce from his wife on
In the case of an alleged sexual assault and gangrape of a sex worker, a Mumbai court has acquitted four
An intervention application has been filed by the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) in the petitions related
