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Customary Divorce to be proved with cogent evidence; Delhi HC holds Second Marriage void after woman fails to prove Customary Divorce from Prior Marriage

Section 29(2) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 protects only valid customary divorces, and in the present case the evidence was insufficient in law to prove either the existence of such a custom in the community or the factum of her own divorce.

Case Briefs High Courts

Gujarat HC: In absence of adoption’s registered document, adoptive parents must establish that child is adopted before 15 years of age with wife’s consent

“No case is made out by the petitioners that a custom or usage is applicable to them which permitted adoption of a person who has attained the age of 15 years.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Chhattisgarh High Court | Customary divorce reduced into writing followed by separation would be a valid divorce when custom is proved ancient

Chhattisgarh High Court: In a case related to an appeal filed against the decision of the family Court, whereby an

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Maternal uncle rapes his 14-year-old niece; will subsequent act of him marrying prosecutrix extinguish all criminal liabilities? SC decides

Supreme Court: In an interesting case, the Division Bench comprising of L. Nageswara Rao and B.R, Gavai, JJ., acquitted the appellant who

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Government should consider waiver of complete Customs and other duties on the import of Amphotericin B; Imports to be done through a bond until the decision

Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh, JJ., dealt with a petition which prayed for waiver of

Case Briefs High Courts

Chh HC | Whether alienation of property by an alleged wife of a deceased is void? HC analyses position in light of ‘Customs’ under Hindu Marriage Act

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay K. Agrawal, J., discusses the decision of trial Court and first Appellate Court with regard to alienation of the

Case Briefs High Courts

Right of burial of the dead claimed by a community is a customary right and not easement

Kerala High Court: In an appeal filed against a decision of the trial court which declared that the people belonging to the