India: Family and Matrimonial

Family settlements also known as family arrangements are agreements entered into by family members to resolve property disputes, often relating to inheritance, without resorting to litigation.

In this episode of Podcast Bites powered by INDIALAW LLP, host Brian Noronha examines a significant ruling of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India interpreting the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956.

In a significant ruling on maintenance and child custody, the Delhi High Court has clarified that a husband's obligation to maintain his wife and minor child does not get diluted...

In a significant ruling, the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Vibhor Garg vs. Neha, 2025 INSC 829, held that secretly recorded phone calls between spouses are admissible as evidence in divorce proceedings, thereby settling the law amidst conflicting judgments by various High Courts...

The Bench held that a consistent pattern of false allegations, unfounded criminal complaints, and vindictive litigation amounts to mental cruelty sufficient to dissolve a marriage

In a landmark decision that reinforces the sanctity of privacy, dignity, and the rights of a child, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court in Kandhasamy v. Magudeeshwari & Anr. ruled that a husband cannot use his...

Family settlements also known as family arrangements are agreements entered into by family members to resolve property disputes, often relating to inheritance, without resorting to litigation.

The right of an executor or legatee only gets established after a court of competent jurisdiction has granted probate of the will under which the right is claimed.

The Indian Succession Act, 1925 has long governed the law relating to wills, probate, and succession in India.