Category: Family Law
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Mother is not the Natural Guardian under the Muslim Law !
This SC Decision reiterates that in Muslim Law mother is not the natural or the legal guardian of the child, and is merely entitled…
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Supreme Court convicting man for wife’s murder – circumstantial evidence.
In this interesting case – the Court convicted the man for murdering his wife, on the basis of following evidence – the chain of…
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MENS REA/GUILTY INTENT MUST FOR OFFENCE OF BIGAMY
Comment : This case reflects that the Indian Courts have insisted on requirement of guilty knowledge for prosecution under S.494 for bigamy. In this…
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Reema Aggarwal v. Anupam – Supreme Court on ‘wife’
Comment : In a nutshell – the court was faced with the preposition whether ‘wife’ in S.498A means only a legally wedded wife ? Does…
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Can a Husband of a minor girl claim custody ?
Comment : In this case – the court was faced with the perplexing question as to whether a person who is accused of kidnapping a…
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Supreme Court on Customary Divorce….
Comment : In this case the court was faced with facts wherein the deceased husband’s relatives sought to oust the widow from claiming partition –…
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Adoption of major
Comment : The court was faced with a man claiming property of the deceased – being adopted son – relying on a registered adoption deed.…
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Supreme Court on DNA Testing…
COMMENT : In this decision the court was once again faced with the baffling preposition as to whether DNA tests should be allowed to…
