The Karnataka High Court has delivered a significant judgment stating that family courts lack the authority to issue look-out circulars (LO...

The Allahabad High Court has ruled a woman cannot claim maintenance from a man she lived with for ten years if she was still legally marrie...

A mother can claim maintenance from her son even if her husband is alive and provides support. The Kerala High Court upheld a Rs 5,000 mont...

In a significant ruling, the Allahabad High Court dismissed a maintenance claim from a wife, who misrepresented her employment status as il...

In a family court battle, a wife sought a generous Rs 50,000 per month for her maintenance. However, the court granted her a mere Rs 2,500....

A father must financially support his adult son and daughter's education. The Himachal Pradesh High Court ruled in favor of the children se...

Divorce without alimony: The High Court ruled that a wife divorced on grounds of adultery is ineligible for alimony/maintenance under Secti...

The Supreme Court has ruled that a woman is entitled to claim maintenance from her second husband under Section 125 of the CrPC, even if he...

Supreme Court decision echoes Shah Bano case, affirming Muslim women's right to seek maintenance. Controversy over obligations of Muslim hu...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that all women inclufing divorced Muslim females can file a petition under the Section 125 CrPC, which...

The Uttarakhand High Court has ruled that both parents are responsible for the maintenance of a child, overturning the traditional notion t...

Justice Chandra Dhari Singh, who was dealing with a challenge to a trial court directing the husband to pay monthly maintenance to the wife...

However, fresh cases instituted in the family court in the last three years have remained, more or less the same, an RTI response revealed.

The Supreme Court on Monday said the right to maintenance of a wife was absolute and no exceptions could be made,

The court said "an offence is committed under section 125(A)(3) of Representation of People (RP) Act by not disclosing facts" about Modi's ...

The supporters of Hazare-led IAC had gathered at Connaught Place as part of their agitation to drum up support for a strong Lokpal law.

A two judge bench of the Supreme Court has favoured broad meaning of the term ‘wife’ to include live-in partners for the purposes of mainte...