Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Archives

Complaints which are not substantiated by evidence, and remain unproved are acts of cruelty: Delhi High Court upholds the divorce decree

“Thus, while looking at acts of mental cruelty, the court must look at the married life as a whole and not merely a few isolated incidents.”

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Husband-Wife crossed point of ‘No Return’; Gujarat HC upholds Divorce on grounds of Desertion and Cruelty by Wife

The Court said that the parties had reached a stage from where they cannot reconcile themselves, bury their differences and live together forgetting their past as a bad dream.

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Satish Chander Ahuja v. Sneha Ahuja: “The Progress of any Society Depends on its Ability to Protect and Promote the Rights of its Women”

by Roma Sangwan†

Case Briefs High Courts

Family pension denied to second wife as marriage was solemnized during subsistence of first marriage

Meghalaya High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Mohammad Yaqoob Mir, CJ. dismissed a writ petition filed against the order of

Case Briefs High Courts

Estimation of husband’s income is permissible while granting maintenance pendente lite under Section 24 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

Punjab and Haryana High Court: A Division Bench comprising of M.M.S. Bedi and Anupinder Singh Grewal, JJ. allowed an application filed by