Media Trial, Permanent Alimony, Child Marriages, Live-in Relationships and more | 11 Legal Stories of the Week
Interesting Stories of the Week [Media Trial] Can media be given right to speculate on outcome of one going investigations or Court
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Unworkable Marriage | Wife makes unfounded, indecent and defamatory allegations against husband to his senior officers, destroying his career & reputation: Mental Cruelty or not? P&H HC elaborates
Punjab and Haryana High Court: Expressing that, Matrimonial cases are matters of delicate human and emotional relationship, the Division Bench of Ritu
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Divorced wife denied permanent alimony in light of her unchaste conduct of adultery
Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench comprising of I.P. Mukerji and Amrita Sinha, JJ., allowed an appeal filed by the husband against
SC modifies Bombay High Court’s order as an interim measure during the pendency of appeal in a divorce petition
Supreme Court: A bench of N.V. Ramana and S. Abdul Nazeer JJ., modified the order of the High Court of Bombay in
Husband seeking divorce on ground of cruelty to pay one time permanent alimony to wife and provide her with a residence
Supreme Court: In the case where the wife made reckless, defamatory and false accusations against her husband, his family members and colleagues,