Mumbai woman earning Rs 4 lakh per year seeks surgeon groom earning at least Rs 1 crore: Her criteria for future husband goes viralA Mumbai woman's unique criteria for a life partner, including a man with a property or stable job in the city, an annual income of at leas...
03 Apr, 2024, 05.48 PM IST
Prenuptial pacts: Guardian of shareholder wealthThese agreements are especially relevant to protect the wealth of business families in the event of a divorce. In the context of listed com...
27 Dec, 2023, 04.10 PM IST
What are prenuptial agreements and how do they work in India? Harsh Roongta explains"It would be very interesting to know what happens if the marriage takes place under, for example, the Portuguese civil law that is applica...
04 Sep, 2023, 04.01 PM IST
Ultra-rich Indians seek prenups to keep messy divorces at bayDrawing up such contracts hasn't been a common practice in India even among the wealthy, unlike in some foreign countries. But parents are ...
28 May, 2022, 10.31 PM IST
Businesses go for prenups before joining handsTaking cues from several ongoing disputes between promoters, JV partners and shareholders, entrepreneurs are putting a specific clause of ‘...
11 Jul, 2021, 09.25 AM IST
AIMPLB moves SC opposing plea seeking uniform grounds of maintenance and alimonyThe AIMPLB opposed advocate and BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay's plea on the basis that personal laws cannot be tested on the anvil of A...
14 Feb, 2021, 04.56 PM IST
No attempt to enact uniform civil code despite repeated court appeals: Supreme CourtGoa’s uniform civil code is largely a Portuguese legacy and continues to operate as Indian law with some parts repealed or modified.
14 Sep, 2019, 07.49 AM IST
Government, experts get together on making prenuptial agreements legal in IndiaAlso, none of the marriage Acts in India provide for prenuptial agreements. Hence, there is a need to ascertain ways to amend existing laws.
16 Mar, 2018, 08.30 AM IST
Gender justice: Govt mulls move to make prenuptial agreements legalThe meeting, called by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, is expected to consider ways to make prenuptial agreements legally enfo...
15 Mar, 2018, 09.50 PM IST
Prenuptial agreement now on government’s radarAccording to officials familiar with the matter, the Indian Contract Act, 1872, acts as a roadblock in the implementation of prenuptial agr...
27 Feb, 2018, 07.20 AM IST
How large Indian businesses are trying to fortify themselvesPreemptive measures are crucial to avoid long-winded wrangles where large asset piles are involved. ET explores the challenges inside large...
17 Jan, 2018, 11.15 PM IST
Pre-nupital agreement in nascent stage: Maneka GandhiThe conceptualisation of a pre-nuptial agreement is being deliberated upon by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Union Minister M...
17 Dec, 2015, 05.08 PM IST
Here's all you need to know about prenupsHere are a few things to keep in mind if you plan to draw up an agreement before marriage.
03 Dec, 2015, 01.39 PM IST
Give prenups legal validity, Maneka Gandhi tells law minister Sadanand GowdaThe move could help both spouses especially women get their right to maintenance or marital property without a cumbersome, expensive legal ...
17 Nov, 2015, 11.10 AM IST
As marital bliss eludes couples, pre-nuptial agreements mark their Indian debutA big advantage of entering into such an agreement is that neither the husband nor the wife can contest a demand for dissolution of marriag...
18 Sep, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Why entrepreneurs devote time and effort to find the right match“A startup is like a child and needs two parents. A single parent might get burnt out,” said Aprameya Radhakrishna, cofounder of online tax...
09 Aug, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
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Vodafone purchased 67% interest in the Indian telco from Hutchison Whampoa and two Indian shareholders Analjit Singh and Ashim Ghosh.
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