Delhi HC: Mere Non-Return of Stridhan Insufficient for Section 406 IPC Without Specific Entrustment
In Harcharanjeet Bains v. State (NCT of Delhi), the Delhi High Court partly quashed criminal proceedings arising from a matrimonial dispute. The
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Can a husband capable of earning avoid maintenance by pleading inability to pay?: Allahabad HC answers
Rejecting a husband’s revision, the Allahabad HC holds that money is the only soothing legal balm for wife, she can’t be allowed to resign to destiny.
Gauhati HC: Talaq-E-Hassan Is a Valid Form of Divorce; Registration Must Be Sought Under 2024 Act
The Gauhati High Court has held that Talaq-E-Hassan is a valid and recognised form of Talaq and is not prohibited under law.
“Astonished”: SC faults Family Court acting “in the teeth of” High Court’s express visitation order; calls for judicial caution in future
Family Court had dismissed respondent-mother’s application for restoration of custody, by recording findings contrary to the material placed before it and inconsistent with the Karnataka High Court’s express order modifying the visitation arrangement.
From Misuse of Court Live-Streams to the Release of Elderly and Terminally Ill Prisoners: Supreme Court’s 30+ Biggest Rulings of July 2026
From a fake AI-generated precedent that voided an insolvency order to a stray bull attack that reshaped animal-welfare law, July 2026 was one of the Supreme Court’s most consequential months. Explore 30+ rulings spanning constitutional law, criminal justice, technology, and human rights, plus the appointments, transfers, and numbers behind the month’s docket.
Child Conceived During Separation, But Ex-Husband’s Name Went on the Birth Certificate: Bombay HC Orders Correction to Biological Father
The Court held that with adequate material like a DNA test and joint acknowledgment of parentage, Section 15, Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 permits correction of the birth certificate to replace the former husband’s name with that of the biological father.
Can marriage or divorce be performed via a notarised agreement under Hindu Law? Madhya Pradesh HC answers
Neither a divorce nor a marriage can be conducted through a notarised agreement, the Madhya Pradesh High Court holds, dismissing a family pension claim by a man who could not prove he was ever legally married to a deceased Tribal Affairs Department employee.
Second marriage after divorce not void merely because appeal against divorce decree is pending; condonation of delay does not revive Section 15 HMA bar: Kerala High Court
“An incapacity for a second marriage for a certain period does not have the effect of treating the former marriage as subsisting. This settled position in law would suffice to reject the argument of the husband that the second marriage was void since it was bigamous in nature.”
Top Legal Developments [22-28 June]: Concerns on Lack of proper Ladies’ Bar Rooms, Rejection of Nomination Papers, POSH, Drugs Controller’s Licensing Condition, MACT compensation Other Key Verdicts & Policy Updates
A quick roundup to cover all the important legal developments and cases this week.
Delhi HC Modifies Family Court Order Granting Overnight Custody On Finding Child Had Never Stayed with Father; Says Direction Inconsistent with Findings on Child’s Comfort Level
Delhi High Court held that overnight custody was not warranted where the child had never stayed overnight with the father and required further time to acclimatise, the Court thus modified the Family Court’s order and granted the father extended daytime custody instead.
“Parents Who Solemnise Child Marriages Cannot Escape Liability”: MP High Court Tells Husband to Seek Recourse from Them, Enhances Wife’s Maintenance Threefold
Disclaimer: This has been reported after the availability of the order of the Court and not on media reports so as to
Marriage Dead for All Practical Purposes Must Be Nullified; Parties Cannot Be Compelled to Remain Married by Court Orders: SC Grants Divorce on Irretrievable Breakdown After 20 Years
The Court held that the marriage was dead for all practical purposes, warranting to be nullified under Article 142 to grant a decree of divorce.
“Father can’t discriminate between educational expenses of son and daughter”: MP HC enhances maintenance granted to government servant’s wife and daughter
The Court stated that if the husband was bearing substantial expenses for the technical education of the major son, the same could not be a ground to restrict reasonable maintenance and educational support to the minor daughter.
Family and Personal Law April 2026: SC Quashes 80+ Litigations; HC Invokes “Ardhangini” to Appoint Wife as Guardian, Bars RTI for Spousal Tax Details and More
The April Roundup of Family and Personal Law contains important rulings and judgements from the Courts all over, on marriage, divorce, maintenance, child custody, guardianship and waqf.
Delhi High Court directs Registrar General to consider formulation of Child Access and Custody Guidelines with Parenting Plan
With similar frameworks already emerging in other states, the Delhi High Court begins evaluating whether formal child access and parenting plan guidelines are needed.
Family & Criminal Disputes Take Centre Stage on Day 2 of India International Disputes Week 2026
Day 2 underscored IIDW’s theme that resolving family and criminal disputes demands dissolving borders through collaboration, reform and mutual trust, positioning India as a dispute resolution hub.
Wife’s convenience no longer paramount in matrimonial transfer petitions: Madhya Pradesh HC
“Now the convenience of the wife/lady is not the paramount consideration for deciding the transfer applications and alternatives to transfer proceedings have been provided.”
DNA test of a child permissible in divorce proceeding on ground of adultery: Madhya Pradesh High Court
“In case where necessary pleadings are there and no declaration is sought regarding illegitimacy of the child and the issue only relates to adultery of the wife, then in appropriate cases, a DNA test can be ordered, if there are sufficient pleadings of non-access”.
“Biological father’s parental rights can’t be undermined due to matrimonial discord”: MP HC directs insertion of father’s name in son’s school records
“Parental rights of a biological father cannot be undermined at the altar of dispute between the couple. A child should not suffer the dispute, either emotionally or educationally/ socially.”
Return of ‘Stridhan’ must be decided within matrimonial proceedings, not via separate application under Section 27 HMA: Allahabad High Court
Allahabad High Court emphasied that the proceedings under Section 27 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 cannot be treated as independent or standalone proceedings to result in a decree.