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A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Augustine George Masih briefly heard submissions in the matter today, before asking the

The Supreme Court, in a recent pronouncement, held that the imposition of a condition mandating the accused husband, seeking anticipatory

The High Court in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has noted the importance of providing solid evidence regarding the husband’s

The Delhi High Court has adjudicated that the entitlement of a woman to assume the position of the Karta within

The Karnataka High Court has underscored the impropriety of summarily dismissing a mutual divorce petition solely on account of failed

The Bar Council of India, through its verification initiative commenced approximately two years ago, has discerned that a substantial proportion,

The bill is part of Central government’s endeavour to repeal “all obsolete laws or pre-independence Acts” that have lost their

The Court has held that persons cannot be summoned by a trial court under Section 31 of the DV Act

Justice Shampa Dutt (Paul) noted that there was no evidence to support the wife’s claim that she was mercilessly beaten

The Court noted that the mother told the child that “it was okay” when the child complained about the sexual

The Karnataka High Court reversed the decision of a Single Judge Bench instructing the UIDAI to reconsider an RTI application

The Karnataka High Court said no to the appeal from the second wife of a deceased State employee who wanted

The Allahabad High Court has clarified that if a Family Court issues a decision under Section 125 of the Code

The Telangana High Court ruled that a Divorce decree based on cruelty cannot be granted by the Family Court unless

The Court noted that a traditional Hindu marriage is not a valid marriage without the completion of ‘Saptapadi’ and ‘Datta

CJI Chandrachud said that he will examine the request and take a call. On Thursday, Senior Counsel and former Attorney

High Court of Jammu and Kashmir made the observation while upholding the acquittal of certain men in a rape case

The Youtuber Shakir Subhan was recently booked on his ex wife’s complaint alleging that she was minor in 2012 when

The Court also noted that the provision for maintenance during the pendency of proceedings under the Hindu Marriage Act (HMA)

Justice Suraj Govindaraj observed that the actions of the trial court were contrary to an earlier order passed by the