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JUDICIAL RULINGS ON DIVORCE
'Talaq-E-Hassan' valid form of divorce, to be registered under new Act: Gauhati HCThe Gauhati High Court affirmed Talaq-E-Hassan as a valid divorce method in India. A petitioner was directed to register his divorce under ...- British pharmacist can be extradited to India on murder charges, UK court rulesA notable decision has come from a London court, granting extradition for Ajith Kumar Mupparapu to face trial in India on charges including...
- Odisha orders automatic salary cut for employees who default on maintenance payment to divorced wife: Here's how it will workThe Odisha government has ordered automatic salary deductions for state employees who fail to pay court-mandated alimony or maintenance to ...
- ‘Hindu marriage no longer an indissoluble sacrament but a contractual agreement’: Andhra Pradesh HC waives 6-month waiting period for couple seeking mutual divorceAndhra Pradesh High Court has dissolved a marriage solemnised in 1972 between a couple who have lived separately since 1978, waiving the ma...
- Divorced wife retains right to recover maintenance after ex-husband's death, loses claim for higher paymentBombay High Court has ruled that a divorced wife can continue to recover maintenance already awarded to her, including arrears, from her la...
- 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...
- Wife's impotency claim against husband during divorce not defamation: Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court has made a significant ruling. It states that a wife's allegation of impotency against her husband during divorce pro...
- 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...
- Khula valid under Muslim law, but only courts can grant it: Telangana HC rules against sharia councilsThe Telangana High Court affirmed that khula is a Muslim woman's right to divorce, but it must be processed through the courts for legal va...
- UCC may bar religious divorce, remarriage on any pre-conditionUCC may take a nuanced position on coparcenary rights of male heirs in the Hindu Undivided Family system, citing equal succession rights fo...
- Woman gets 1-month jail for violating divorce settlement, not withdrawing cases against husbandThe Delhi High Court sentenced a woman to one month in jail for violating divorce settlement terms in hope of a better outcome, which the c...
- 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...
- Indian community in UAE hails new civil law for non-MuslimsIn his capacity as the Ruler of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Sunday issued a law to regulate p...
- Supreme Court seeks response of Centre on PILs against polygamy, nikah halalaA SC bench today said a fresh five-judge constitution bench would be set up to deal with the constitutionality of 'nikah halala' and polyga...
- 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...
- Overturned: Verdict by Supreme Court's Raj-era avatarThe first reported verdict pertaining to triple talaq was delivered in a Bombay case in 1906 in which Justice Batchelor had termed triple t...
- Woman can seek 'stridhan' back even if marriage not dissolved: SC'Stridhan' is movable or immovable assets, received during the lifetime, by a woman either prior to marriage or at the time of marriage or ...
- Streedhan can be claimed even after separationA woman has an inalienable right to 'streedhan' and can claim it even after her separation from her husband, the Supreme Court has said in ...
- Law is equal for all religions: Man must pay maintenance to wife, kids and parentsThe Supreme Court on April 6 allowed a petition by a divorced Muslim woman for enhancement of maintenance from her ex-husband.
- No divorce for "irretrievable breakdown" of marriage: SCIrretrievable breakdown of marriage doesn't account for divorce, says SC.
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