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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...- Do kids have legal right to property of father who divorces and remarries?As per the Hindu Succession Act, 2005, every child is a Class I legal heir and has a right by birth to the property of their biological fat...
- Is woman sole owner of Streedhan received during wedding? Here is what Supreme Court saysStreedhan: Gifts, ornaments, cash, movable or immovable property that a woman receives from friends or family before and during her marriag...
- Criminal proceedings meant to bring wrongdoer to justice not to seek vendetta: SCThe Supreme Court has ruled that criminal proceedings aim to bring justice, not revenge, as it dismissed a man's case against his daughter'...
- I am legally separated from my husband. Do I have right to wedding jewellery and gifts received as streedhan?Readers estate planning queries answered.
- Can Streedhan be used to repay husband’s debt?Smruti is protected under the law, which clearly defines streedhan, or property of a married woman. Her jewellery, as well as other gifts t...
- How marriage and financial independence can co-exist for women"When we talk about relinquishing control over assets, what also happens is that after she gets married, she does not often ask questions a...
- Can my maternal uncles stake claim to my mother's share their father’s property?Readers' estate planning queries answered.
- Be it alimony or property, women should not let go of these money rightsIf the property is in husband’s name, but wife has paid for it: The husband can claim it unless the wife can prove her contribution to the ...
- How a woman can quietly plan, prepare for divorceGetting a divorce has obvious emotional implications but what's often overlooked is the financial aspect of spousal separation. To maintain...
- Evidence that can help a Hindu woman claim an asset as streedhanEvidence that can help a Hindu woman claim an asset as streedhan
- What is Streedhan, assets that qualify for it for a Hindu woman, and how to legally prove itAs per Hindu Succession Act, 1956, a woman has a complete right over her streedhan. She can do whatever she wants with her streedhan. Howev...
- Does streedhan include gifts, expensive appliances? What is husband's right over streedhan?Streedhan includes all types of gifts, ornaments, cash, movable or immovable property that a woman receives from friends or family before a...
- Money & relationships: Which gifts in a marriage are considered as dowry?Are all the gifts, cash and things given by the bride’s parents to their daughter and to the groom’s family considered dowry? Does dowry di...
- Can my son stake a claim in my self-acquired property that I have willed to my daughter?If the property is self-acquired, you can will it to anyone you want and, despite being a legal heir, your son cannot object to it or lay c...
- 7 money steps women should take if headed for a divorceWhat should the woman do when she knows that separation and divorce are imminent? Here are some of the financial rights that she should be ...
- Marriage and divorce: Women's financial rightsUsually, women do not know their financial or legal rights or how to secure these either when they are married or while they are going thro...
- Alimony and Streedhan: Financial aspects decodedApart from streedhan, a woman is also entitled to alimony. Here is a closer what each of these are.
- Donate 'streedhan': In 1927, Gandhi persuaded women in Bengaluru to make a differenceThe father of the nation visited Bengaluru five times — in 1915, 1920, 1927, 1934 and 1936.
- 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 ...
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