Punjab & Haryana High Court| Muslim girl over 15 years of age competent to marry person of choice as per the Muslim law
Punjab and Haryana High Court: A writ petition was filed seeking the relief of protection of life and liberty at the hands
Family Law
Orissa HC decides on maintainability of writ of habeas corpus vis-à-vis custody of minor child
Orissa High Court: A Division Bench of SK Sahoo and M S Raman, JJ. disposed of the petition leaving the petitioner with
Kerala HC | Whether husband going abroad for employment amount to desertion and cruelty? HC decides
Kerala High Court: The Division Bench comprising A. Muhamed Mustaque and Sophy Thomas, JJ., held that cruelty has to be assessed from
Long co-habiting couple’s child cannot be disentitled from family property in absence of proof against presumption of marriage: Supreme Court
“Law leans in favour of legitimacy and frowns upon the bastardy.”
Guj HC │ Custody of the minor with the maternal grand-parents does not amount to illegal confinement; Petition by father dismissed
Gujarat High Court: The Division Bench Vipul M. Pancholi and Rajendra M. Sareen, JJ., dismissed a petition filed by the father under
Husband suspects paternity of child; Supreme Court allows DNA test while granting conditional compensation of 30 lakhs to wife if suspicion proves to be wrong
Supreme Court: In a case where the husband had disputed paternity of child on suspicion, though the Division Bench comprising of Indira
Explained| Who can claim share in the inherited property of a female Hindu dying issueless and intestate?
Supreme Court: The bench of SA Nazeer and Krishna Murari*, JJ has held that if a female Hindu dies intestate without leaving
865 Judgments, 4 Sitting Women Judges and A Hope For First Woman CJI| An All-inclusive Supreme Court 2021 Roundup
Year 2021! The year that started with the hope of the COVID-19 Pandemic nearing an end with countries starting vaccination, ended up
Explained| Can Karta alienate Joint Hindu family property without coparcener’s signature?
Supreme Court: In a suit where the Karta of a Joint Hindu Family, consisting of himself, his wife and his son, had
Ker HC | Husband harasses wife, portrays her as a psychiatric patient; HC slams Child Right Commission for directing psychiatric treatment of wife without any medical assessment
Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of K.Vinod Chandran and C.Jayachandran, JJ., slammed the Kerala State Commission for Child Rights for directing
Respondent can’t seek declaration of petitioner’s “second marriage” in a divorce proceeding; Relief can’t be prayed qua third party under Section 23A HMA: SC
Under the provisions of the Hindu Marriage Act, the relief of divorce, judicial separation etc. can be between the husband and the wife only and cannot extend to the third party.
Appellate Courts can’t “unnecessarily create” suspicion in absence of objection to validity of a Will: Supreme Court
“A testamentary court is not a court of suspicion but that of conscience.”
J&K HC | Hindu woman embraces Islam to marry a Muslim man; HC grants protection to the inter-faith couple
Jammu and Kashmir High Court: The Bench of Ali Mohammad Magrey, J., granted protection to an inter-faith couple as guaranteed under Article
Ker HC| Muslim women’s right to Khula (extra-judicial divorce) revived; Patriarchal decision in K. C. Moyin overruled
Kerala High Court: The Division Bench of A. Muhamed Mustaque and C. S. Dias, JJ., addressed the controversial question regarding rights of
Will a partition deed effected subsequent to commencement of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act prevent vesting of land with the State? SC decides
Supreme Court: The bench of Mohan M. Shantanagoudar* and Vineet Saran, JJ., addressed the instant appeal against the order of High Court
Can Family Court convert petition for maintenance under Section 125 CrPC to one under Muslim Women’s Protection Act? Split verdict by SC
Supreme Court: The bench of R Banumathi and Indira Banerjee, JJ has given a split verdict on the issue whether a Family
