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Alimony to Husband, Compassionate Appointment to Illegitimate Child, Marriage Expenses of Unmarried Daughters, Maternity Leave to Contractual Employees and much more| Read 11 Legal Stories of the Week

Interesting picks from this week’s legal stories from High Courts to District Courts Alimony Whether husband is entitled to claim alimony under

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Whether husband is entitled to claim alimony under Section 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955? Bom HC decides

Bombay High Court: Bharati Dangre, J., held that provision of maintenance/permanent alimony being a beneficial provision for the indigent spouse, Section 25

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Divorce| Wife’s act of rejecting posh accommodations of up to Rs. 30 lakhs rent per month “unreasonable”; “Similar” doesn’t mean “totally identical”: SC

Supreme Court: In a divorce proceeding, where a wife had “rejected” all the options for rented accommodation “similar” to her Industrialist husband’s

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P&H HC | Wife entitled to increase alimony after an increase in husband’s salary, HC upholds

Punjab and Haryana High Court: In a revision petition filed against the enhanced amount of alimony H.S. Madaan, J., upheld Family Court’s

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2020 Wrap-Up — Family Law & Allied Provisions

In our series of 2020 wrap-ups, let’s revisit and take a dive at some of our stories on family laws and how

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Bom HC | If the wife is earning something for livelihood, can the same be a ground to refuse alimony under S. 24 of Hindu Marriage Act? Read Court’s ruling reiterating SC’s decision

Bombay High Court: Mangesh S. Patil, J., in the present application directed the husband to pay an amount of Rs 10,000 towards alimony

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Madras HC | Once permanent maintenance is received under S. 20 DV Act, yet due to change in circumstances if alteration in maintenance is required, what approach should be resorted? HC elucidates

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of M. Sathyanarayanan and P. Rajamanickam, JJ., addressed an appeal with regard to seeking interim maintenance when

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Jhar HC | Object of S. 125 CrPC is to ensure that a wife, minor children or helpless parents do not suffer in penury

Jharkhand High Court: Shree Chandrashekhar, J., addressed an issue with regard to maintenance under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Code.

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Cal HC | Wife, capable of maintaining herself independently, cannot claim alimony pendente lite under S. 36 of Special Marriage Act

Calcutta High Court: Biswajit Basu, J. dismissed a revision application of the filed by a lady seeking alimony pendente lite. The husband/respondent

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Gau HC | Wife granted alimony under S. 25 HMA in spite of ‘no claim agreement’ with husband

Gauhati High Court: A Bench of A.S. Bopanna, CJ and Sanjay Kumar Medhi, J. dismissed an appeal filed by the appellant-husband against family

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Gau HC | Even after paying permanent alimony to wife, husband has bounden duty to provide maintenance for befitting upbringing of child

Gauhati High Court: Rumi Kumari Phukan, J., dismissed a revision petition filed by a husband against the order of the family court whereby

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Execution of orders under Section 24 HMA in terms of CrPC unheard of; orders of ADJ purportedly acting as Magistrate set aside

Calcutta High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, J. allowed a challenge to the order of Additional District Judge

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Alimony to Husband, Compassionate Appointment to Illegitimate Child, Marriage Expenses of Unmarried Daughters, Maternity Leave to Contractual Employees and much more| Read 11 Legal Stories of the Week

Whether husband is entitled to claim alimony under Section 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955? Bom HC decides

P&H HC | Wife entitled to increase alimony after an increase in husband’s salary, HC upholds

2020 Wrap-Up — Family Law & Allied Provisions

Bom HC | If the wife is earning something for livelihood, can the same be a ground to refuse alimony under S. 24 of Hindu Marriage Act? Read Court’s ruling reiterating SC’s decision

Madras HC | Once permanent maintenance is received under S. 20 DV Act, yet due to change in circumstances if alteration in maintenance is required, what approach should be resorted? HC elucidates

Jhar HC | Object of S. 125 CrPC is to ensure that a wife, minor children or helpless parents do not suffer in penury

Cal HC | Wife, capable of maintaining herself independently, cannot claim alimony pendente lite under S. 36 of Special Marriage Act

Gau HC | Wife granted alimony under S. 25 HMA in spite of ‘no claim agreement’ with husband

Gau HC | Even after paying permanent alimony to wife, husband has bounden duty to provide maintenance for befitting upbringing of child

Execution of orders under Section 24 HMA in terms of CrPC unheard of; orders of ADJ purportedly acting as Magistrate set aside

Divorced wife denied permanent alimony in light of her unchaste conduct of adultery

SC modifies Bombay High Court’s order as an interim measure during the pendency of appeal in a divorce petition

Husband seeking divorce on ground of cruelty to pay one time permanent alimony to wife and provide her with a residence