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Despite getting Rs 20 lakh alimony in divorce settlement, wife continues criminal cases against husband, in-laws; HC quashes case as abuse of processA woman received Rs 20 lakh in permanent alimony as part of a divorce settlement. Despite agreeing to withdraw all cases, she continued cri...- Granddaughter can’t reopen settled family property deal, rules HC; no legal right after mother sold propertyThe Bombay High Court rejected a granddaughter's attempt to reopen a settled family property deal. The court ruled that once legal heirs ac...
- Misuse of law: Grandfather’s bid to reopen child maintenance case when father is alive & able rejected by Madras HCIn a recent ruling, the Madras High Court turned down a grandfather's petition for child support from his ex-daughter-in-law, highlighting ...
- Denial of marital intimacy and alienating child amounts to mental cruelty, says Delhi High Court and grants divorce to husbandMental Cruelty: Wife denied physical relations to husband, pressured him to transfer property in her name; Delhi High Court grants divorce ...
- Post divorce, father told to pay Rs 10 lakh for wedding of daughter staying with motherThe Supreme Court of India directed a father to pay Rs 10 lakh for his daughter's wedding expenses. The daughter lives with his divorced wi...
- Child-custody case: Judicial system in India, UK taken for ride by mother, says SCThe Supreme Court has ordered that custody of a minor boy be handed to his father by September 30, observing that the child’s mother misled...
- Spouse, who hid details of past marriage has committed fraud; rules Delhi High Court and annuls marriageThe Delhi High Court upheld the annulment of a marriage, emphasizing the critical importance of honesty in matrimonial alliances. The husba...
- Did Columbia’s deal with Trump save its stature or sacrifice it?Columbia University settled with the Trump administration, agreeing to a $200 million fine and other demands to restore federal research fu...
- Mental cruelty: Know how a husband won a divorce battle in High Court as wife mocked his physical infirmity; Permanent alimony amount to be decidedIn 2025, the Odisha High Court validated a divorce decree, affirming that a wife's demeaning remarks about her husband's physical disabilit...
- No alimony for wife as husband proved her extra marital affair and got divorced on grounds of adultery in Chhattisgarh High Court caseDivorce without alimony: The High Court ruled that a wife divorced on grounds of adultery is ineligible for alimony/maintenance under Secti...
- Lok Adalat on March 22 in Maharashtra: Chance to get your pending traffic challans waived off and resolution for other legal issuesLok Adalat: Residents of Maharashtra can settle or waive off their pending traffic challans at a Lok Adalat tomorrow, organized by the stat...
- In a divorce case in Supreme Court, wife gets a flat near Mumbai without paying any stamp duty for transferDivorce: On February 28, 2025 a husband won a divorce case in the Suprme Court without having to pay any alimony to wife. But the Supreme C...
- Settlement with borrowers only after exhausting all options: RBI to Asset Reconstruction CompaniesMumbai, The Reserve Bank revised guidelines for Asset Reconstruction Companies (ARCs) stipulating that settlements with borrowers occur onl...
- Can use plenary powers to grant divorce, rules Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court of India has ruled that it can grant divorce to consenting parties in cases of "irretrievable breakdown" of marriage usin...
- Marriages can be dissolved on grounds of irretrievable breakdown, Supreme Court rulesThe court was considering whether it could nullify marriages between estranged couples without both partners consenting to the annulment. R...
- SC verdict likely on Monday on dissolution of marriage without referring to family courtsA five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice S K Kaul is also expected to rule on the legal issue of whether the sweeping powers of th...
- Kapil Sibal's 'no hope left' from SC remark; AIBA calls it "contemptuous"; Rijiju condemns it as "unfortunate"Also on Monday, two lawyers filed separate pleas with Attorney General KK Venugopal, seeking his consent to initiate contempt proceedings a...
- Big or small business, why an arbitration clause in your contract can be beneficialArbitration is business and contract agonistic and the benefits of having one in our contracts can be immense.
- Why the Triple Talaq verdict will not trigger an instant revolutionMany have long deplored the persistence among Indian Muslims of the practice of talaq-e-biddat, in which a man unilaterally dissolves his m...
- Loopholes in personal lawThere are a large number of legal issues that concern a sizeable part of the global Indian community.
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