India: Family Law

The law relating to maintenance under Section 125 CrPC has been rooted into the principles of social justice and seeks to prevent destitution and vagrancy. Despite its beneficial object, disputes frequently arise...

While India remains a non-signatory to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, 1980 ("Hague Convention"), Indian courts have developed a evolved a substantial and principled body of jurisprudence governing international parental child abduction disputes.

Adoption under Hindu law is governed by a carefully structured statutory framework designed to balance personal law traditions with legal certainty.

On 22 September 2025 a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court (Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar) closed the file on one of the longest-running matrimonial sagas in the National Capital's recent history

In a landmark judgment that marks a significant advance in the pursuit of gender justice and the protection of workers' rights, the Supreme Court of India...

The Supreme Court of India in Amanjot Singh Chadha v. Union of India & Ors. has delivered a landmark judgment addressing a long-standing gap in the operationalisation of the Anand Marriage...

In a ruling clarifying the law on caste validity disputes, the Bombay High Court has held that a child born to parents from different castes, including where one parent belongs to a Scheduled Caste...

In a significant ruling balancing redevelopment right with possessory and matrimonial protections, the Bombay High Court in Ritesh Haldar & Anr. v. Elite Housing LLP & Ors.

Forming a private trust is a strategic and legally secure method of protecting assets, managing wealth, and ensuring succession planning across generations.