Presumption of Marriage Archives

Divorced Muslim woman not entitled to maintenance under S. 125 CrPC without proof of Halala-compliant remarriage: Kerala High Court

“To raise the presumption of a valid marriage for Section 125 of CrPC based on cohabitation, the couple must be qualified to marry and not be within the prohibited degrees of marriage.”

Cases Reported Never Reported Judgments

Never Reported Judgment | Illicit relation and conceiving a child prior to the date of marriage does not lead to presumption of marriage [(1952) 2 SCC 720]

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1952 on presumption of marriage.

Fact Checks News

We fact-check a leading newspaper’s misleading headline “Illegitimate child of cohabiting couple to get assets share: Supreme Court”

On June 14th 2022, a leading newspaper had published an article with the headline “Illegitimate child of cohabiting couple to get assets

Case Briefs Supreme Court

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.”

Op Eds OP. ED.

An Analysis of the Legality of Deeds of Living Together

by Shreya Srivastava*