Divorce Decree Archives

‘Married man living a lustful and adulterous life with unmarried woman, may constitute bigamy’; Punjab and Haryana High Court refuses relief to live-in couple

Punjab and Haryana High Court regarded the instant petition as a scheme to get away from criminal prosecution, just to obliquely obtain the seal of this Court on their conduct.

Case Briefs High Courts

Husband-Wife crossed point of ‘No Return’; Gujarat HC upholds Divorce on grounds of Desertion and Cruelty by Wife

The Court said that the parties had reached a stage from where they cannot reconcile themselves, bury their differences and live together forgetting their past as a bad dream.

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Know Thy Judge| Supreme Court of India: Justice Sanjiv Khanna

Going by the seniority rule of the Supreme Court Judges, Justice Sanjiv Khanna is in line to become the next Chief Justice of India in November 2024.

Case Briefs High Courts

Accusation of extra-marital relationship is a grave assault on character, status, reputation as well as health of spouse against whom such allegations are made: Would this come under ambit of cruelty? Del HC answers

Delhi High Court: While addressing a matter surrounding the issue of cruelty by wife, the Division Bench of Vipin Sanghi, ACJ and

Case Briefs High Courts

All HC | Wife’s appeal against divorce decree withdrawn due to reconciliation and cohabitation with husband. Later, husband passed away. Is she entitled to maintenance under Hindu Adoptions & Maintenance Act? Read on

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Dr Kaushal Jayendra Thaker and Ajit Singh, JJ., while setting aside a decree of divorce

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | In divorce petition under S. 13(1)(iii) of HMA, can Court order a party to appear before medical board for assessment of mental condition? Court discusses

Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of A. Muhamed Mustaque and Kauser Edappagath, JJ., held that to get a decree of divorce

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HP HC | Whether minimum period of six months stipulated under S. 13(B)(2) of the Hindu Marriage Act for a motion of passing decree of divorce on the basis of mutual consent can be relaxed? Court explains

Himachal Pradesh High Court: Jyotsna Rewal Dua, J., disposed of a petition while granting liberty to the parties to move an appropriate

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | If a woman is divorced, will her status as a wife entitling her to maintenance under S. 125 CrPC change? Read HC’s position

Gauhati High Court: Soumitra Saikia, J., observed that “..a valid decree of divorce by itself is no ground to deny the maintenance to

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | Refusal to wear “sakha & sindoor” is clear intention that a hindu wife is unwilling to continue conjugal life: Divorce decreed to husband

Gauhati High Court: A Division Bench of Ajai Lamba, CJ and Soumitra Saikia, J., granted a decree of divorce to the appellant-husband on

Case Briefs High Courts

Gau HC | Unproved allegations maligning character of partner amount to cruelty as contemplated in S. 13(1)(ia) HMA; divorce decree granted to husband

Gauhati High Court: A Division Bench of Arup Kumar Goswami, Acting CJ and Manish Choudhary, J. allowed an appeal filed by the appellant-husband

Case Briefs High Courts

Del HC | Divorce decree upheld where wife not maintaining marital cohabitation with husband for over two years

Delhi High Court: A Bench of G.S. Sistani and Jyoti Singh, JJ. upheld a decree of divorce granted by the family court

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SA HC | Settlement deed incorporated in divorce decree, constitute a court order

High Court of South Africa, Free State Division: This case was filed before a Bench of Mhlambi, J., where the question before