Can a physical assault automatically become abetment of suicide when the victim dies five days later? The Chhattisgarh High Court overturned the 10-year imprisonment of four…
The Delhi High Court upheld a decree of divorce in favour of the husband, reiterating that prolonged denial of marital relations, repeated false criminal complaints, parental…
The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) has ruled that a widowed sister-in-law cannot claim residence rights in a portion of property that has been validly bequeathed through a Will.…
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court ruled that custody of children cannot be shifted merely on the basis of a parent’s financial status, past contempt, or temporary…
The Delhi High Court dismissed cross-revision petitions filed by both husband and wife. The wife had sought an enhancement of interim maintenance, while the husband had sought a…
The Delhi High Court Enhances maintenance for a wife and minor child to ₹1,50,000 per month. Even though the wife was educated and employed as an Assistant Professor, the Court…
The Delhi High Court directed a husband earning approx. ₹10 lakhs per month to pay ₹2 lakhs per month as pendente lite maintenance to his wife and daughter. The Court held that…
The Madhya Pradesh High Court dissolved a marriage where the wife had attempted self-immolation, holding that such conduct amounts to mental cruelty against the husband. The Court…
The Delhi High Court has clarified that maintenance cannot be treated as a perpetual burden that keeps increasing without valid justification. Both husband’s and wife’s changing…
The Kerala High Court granted anticipatory bail to a police officer accused of sexual assault under the claim of “false promise of marriage.” The Court held that when the woman…
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