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Mumbai: Bombay high court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by Anita Advani to recognise her long-term relationship with the late actor Rajesh Khanna as marriage.Justice Sharmila Deshmukh ruled that by Advani's pleadings, it "is evident that the substantive relief sought is of being declared as widow of (Khanna), which is a necessary sequitur of the declaration...", but the relationship doesn't satisfy the tests formulated by Supreme Court over recognition of a live-in relation as a marriag ...Read More >
The Chhattisgarh High Court recently upheld a family court decree dissolving a marriage after accepting a man's claim that his wife had concealed a reproductive health issue before marriage, causing mental distress and leading to the breakdown of their relationship. A division bench of Justice Rajani Dubey and Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad dismissed an appeal filed by the woman, challenging a March 16, 2022 judgment from the family court in Kawardha, which had granted the husband a divorce o ...Read More >
Husband, an advocate, and wife, railway officer, had been previously divorced before marrying in 2010 The Delhi High Court has ruled that alimony cannot be awarded to a spouse who is financially self-sufficient and independent, observing that permanent alimony is a measure of social justice and not a tool for enrichment or financial equalisation between capable individuals. A Division Bench of Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar said the law requires the person seeking ali ...Read More >
Mumbai: Bombay High Court has declared that a wife's allegations of impotence against her husband during divorce proceedings do not constitute defamation and that such claims, when made to protect a woman's interests, are a necessary part of the legal process.Dismissing a man's defamation complaint against his estranged wife and her family, Justice S M Modak in his July 17 order, made public on Friday, noted that under the Hindu Marriage Act, allegations of impotency are "very much relevant" and ...Read More >
LUCKNOW: In a significant ruling, the Allahabad High Court held that once an order is passed declaring a marriage null and void, it automatically dates back to the date of the marriage. In such cases, the man would not be liable to pay maintenance to the wife as the marriage was terminated at the very onset. The court clarified that when a marriage is declared null and void under Section 11 of the Hindu Marriage Act, it is considered invalid from the very beginning. As a result, no legal obliga ...Read More >
Bengaluru: A physics lecturer from a private college in Dakshina Kannada and two of his friends have been arrested by Bengaluru police for allegedly blackmailing and raping a student.When the mental torture by the trio became intolerable, the girl narrated to her parents how she was being exploited. Subsequently, she went to Marathahalli police station along with her parents on July 5 and lodged a complaint seeking action against the perpetrators. Acting swiftly, the cops arrested the trio the f ...Read More >
Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court observed that Hindu marriages, regarded as spiritual unions, are increasingly under threat from trivial disputes and prolonged litigation. While quashing a dowry harassment case filed in December 2023 against a Nagpur man and his family, the court noted such discord often causes irreversible damage to families and must be resolved with dignity, where reconciliation is not possible.The division bench of Justices Nitin Sambre and Mahendra Nerlikar pass ...Read More >
SC bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Prasanna B. Varale noted that the permanent alimony amount should be decided in such a manner that it does not penalise the husband but ensures a decent standard of living for the wife. Even as the outrage over the death of Atul Subhash, a Bengaluru-based techie who died by suicide continues, the Supreme Court has issued an 8-point guideline on how the permanent alimony amount should be calculated in divorce cases. The SC bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Pr ...Read More >
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