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Earning Capacity As A Bar To Maintenance: The Allahabad High Court’s Ruling In Dr. Garima Dubey v. Dr. Saurabh Anand Dubey

Matrimonial litigation between highly qualified professional spouses throws up questions that courts are increasingly called upon to answer: when both parties hold advanced degrees...

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

WhatsApp Chats And The Weight Of Matrimonial Evidence: Bombay High Court Restores The Wife's Voice

The intersection of digital communication and matrimonial law has increasingly demanded judicial attention in contemporary India. As smartphones become ubiquitous and instant messaging platforms...

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Appeal Against Decree Of Divorce By Mutual Consent – Barred By CPC And Family Courts Act Or Enabled By Legislations Relating To Matrimonial Disputes

In civil disputes, a decree is the formal adjudication by courts which conclusively determines the rights of parties pertaining to the issues involved in the suit.

LegaLogic

The Supreme Court's Power Under Article 142 In Cases Of Irretrievable Breakdown Of Marriage.

In a recent judgement, the Supreme Court, in Neha Lal v. Abhishek Kumar , dealt with irretrievable breakdown of marriage and the Court's power under Article 142 of the Constitution of India to grant divorce without mutual consent.

Saga Legal

Secretly Recorded Phone Calls Between Spouses Are Admissible As Evidence In Divorce Proceedings - Supreme Court

VA

Vaish Associates Advocates

Delhi High Court On Mental Cruelty: False Allegations, Vexatious Litigation And The Boundaries Of Matrimonial Conduct

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Husband Cannot Use Child As A Pawn To Prove Wife's Adultery – DNA Test Plea Dismissed

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Joint Names, Joint Pain: When Matrimonial Fault Lines Meet Property Rights , Delhi High Court's 2025 Verdict On Maintenance, Joint Assets And Denial Of Divorce

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Delhi HC Upholds Equal Co-Ownership In Jointly Purchased Property, Limits Scope Of Shared Household Rights

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Delhi High Court Upholds Divorce On Grounds Of Cruelty And Long-Term Separation

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Harmonizing Hindu Divorce Laws: Balancing Tradition, Modernity, And Justice In India

Ka

Khurana and Khurana

Justice In Time: Allahabad High Court Orders Six-Month Limit On Maintenance Cases

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Divorce In The Digital Age: SC Allows Secretly Taped Calls Between Spouses

India Litigation

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Spouse Staying Abroad For Career Not 'Cruelty' Or 'Desertion' – Bombay High Court

EL

Ethical Legal Consultants

Gambling Laws And Regulations India 2026

India Media & IT

AL

Aarna Law

New Rent Rules 2026: Model Tenancy Act, Digital Rent Authorities And Overstay Penalties For Landlords And Corporate Tenants

India Real Estate

LP

Legitpro Law

Play By The New Rules: India's 2026 Online Gaming Law Decoded

India Media & IT

LP

Legitpro Law

What The DPDP Act Means For Cross-Border Data And GCC Operations In India

Worldwide Privacy

IMC Group

ANI v. OpenAI: Where Will The Court Draw The Line?

India Technology

DL

DSK Legal

Divorce By Mutual Consent

Under Indian law, divorce by mutual consent allows both spouses to dissolve their marriage without any conflict. The inherent cost-efficiency of a non-contentious divorce process, in addition to the judiciary adopting...

Fox & Mandal

Contemporary Challenges And Future Directions In Hindu Divorce Law Reform

The statutory system of Hindu divorce which exists currently today has been greatly hindered by several contemporary dangers

Ka

Khurana and Khurana

Evolving Alimony Laws In India: Comparative Insights, Judicial Trends, And Future Challenges

Comparative studies have helped reveal changes that could be considered.

Ka

Khurana and Khurana

Balancing Equity And Economic Justice: Alimony Awards And Economic Disparities In Indian Family Law

This paper reviews the complexity of economic disparities and alimony awards in the Indian framework of family law, especially with regard to principles of fairness and equity in judicial pronouncements.

Ka

Khurana and Khurana

Economic Justice Through Alimony: Gender, Fairness, And Legal Evolution In India

Ka

Khurana and Khurana

Patna High Court Rules: Moral Lapses Alone Do Not Constitute Living In Adultery In Maintenance Cases

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Prenuptial Agreement And Its Enforcement In India

AG

Altacit Global

Navigating The Intricacies Of Family Law: Protecting The Ties That Bind

L

Lawyered

Divorce Denied: Patna HC Says Schizophrenia Isn't Enough

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Breaking Down Section 14 HMA: Orissa High Court On Divorce Petitions Within First Year Of Marriage

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Hybrid Disputes: The Challenge Of Trademark Jurisdiction In Family Law

SO

S&A Law Offices

Acquiring Property Through A Compromise Decree In Divorce Case- Understanding Stamp Duty Implication

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Alimony Decoded: 8 Critical Guidelines To Ensure Fair Settlements In Divorce Cases

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Custodial Challenges: Legal Principles And Ensuring Child Well-Being

Ka

Khurana and Khurana

Hybrid Disputes: The Challenge Of Trademark Jurisdiction In Family Law

Disputes arising from familial relationships often transcend mere emotional or relational conflicts and extend into financial and commercial territories.

SO

S&A Law Offices

Acquiring Property Through A Compromise Decree In Divorce Case- Understanding Stamp Duty Implication

In a recent landmark judgment of Arun Rameshchand Arya vs. Parul Singh[1], the Supreme Court of India exempted a wife...

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Alimony Decoded: 8 Critical Guidelines To Ensure Fair Settlements In Divorce Cases

In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court of India dissolved a marriage under Article 142 of the Constitution, citing irretrievable breakdown, and awarded a substantial ₹6 crore one-time settlement as alimony.

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Custodial Challenges: Legal Principles And Ensuring Child Well-Being

Since child custody issues include the most intimate and sensitive aspects of a family's life, they are extremely troublesome in any judicial system. By properly analysing pertinent statutes...

Ka

Khurana and Khurana

How To Take Mutual Divorce? | Lawyer For Divorce With Mutual Consent (Video)

Century Law Firm

Hon'ble Bombay High Court Reiterates Gender Neutrality Of Maintenance Law In India

In a recent judgment titled "Chanda Rathod Vs. Prakashsingh Rathod" , the Nagpur Bench of the Hon'ble Bombay High Court has held and reaffirmed that Sections 24 and 25...

SR

S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates

ONE NATION, ONE LAW: The Necessity And Challenges In Implementing The Uniform Civil Code

The introduction of the Uniform Civil Code ("UCC") has been a perennially contentious issue in the sphere of Indian policy-making. Recently, the debate around the implementation of the UCC...

India Government

KC

Karanjawala & Company

Uniform Civil Code (UCC) In Relation To Personal Law

The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) implies a single law for all the citizens of the country applicable to their personal matters such as marriage, divorce, inheritance,...

SO

S&A Law Offices

Clarity On Parity: Bombay High Court Upholds Husband's Claim For Maintenance

The Bombay High Court (HC) in a recent decision in Bhagyashri v Jagdish [Writ Petition Number 2527 of 2021], upheld the decision of a lower court decreeing ‘maintenance pendente lite' and permanent alimony in favour of the ex-husband.

KC

Khaitan & Co LLP

Women And Maintenance

CA

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas

A Gift Deed Must Be Stamped, Registered At Sub-registrar Of Assurances

RA

Rajani Associates

Rights To Co-Owned Property Can Be Transferred Via A Release Deed

RA

Rajani Associates

Muslim Women (Protection Of Rights On Marriage) Bill, 2019 Scraps Triple Talaq: India

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STA Law Firm

Triple Talaq, Judgment Of Hon'ble Supreme Court And The Most Anticipated Triple Talaq Bill

SO

S&A Law Offices

Waiver Of Cooling Period Under Sec 13B (2) Of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

SO

S&A Law Offices

Triple Talaq, Judgment Of Hon'ble Supreme Court And The Most Anticipated Triple Talaq Bill

SO

S&A Law Offices

Sin! Sin! Sin! : Supreme Court Declares Triple Talaq Unconstitutional!

CA

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas

Transfer Of Matrimonial Cases From One State To Another State Within India

VN

Vivek Nasa & Associates

Supreme Court Ruling On Alimony And Clarificatory Amendment To Trust Law

KC

Khaitan & Co LLP

Right To Maintenance Under Section 125 Of Criminal Procedure Code , 1973

SO

S&A Law Offices

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How To Take Mutual Divorce? | Lawyer For Divorce With Mutual Consent (Video)

Century Law Firm

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