Extramarital Affair Archives

Adulterous spouse is not equivalent to incompetent parent; extramarital affair of either spouse cannot be the sole reason to determine child’s custody: Delhi HC

“The relationship between the father and the mother as husband and wife may not have been of trust, faith and cordiality, but their relationship inter se cannot be held to be the determining factor for working out the custody plan of the children.”

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Husband accused of sharing wife’s ‘obscene videos’ with partner in extra-marital affair; Punjab and Haryana High Court grants anticipatory bail

the Inquiry Officer found during pre-registration inquiry that the obscene videos were prepared by the complainant herself, but after registration of FIR, the Investigating Officer viewed that the videos and photographs were prepared by the husband on his own mobile in connivance with the co-accused.

Case Briefs High Courts

Sikk HC | Maintenance under S. 125 of CrPC cannot be denied if the wife “commits adultery” but can only be denied if she is “living in adultery”

Sikkim High Court: Arup Kumar Goswami, CJ., dismissed the petition against the refusal to pay maintenance to the wife because she allegedly