Category: Family Law
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Second Marriage ground for divorce for muslim woman
Comment : This decision is a preposition for “the second marriage of a muslim husband is cruelty for the wife entitling her to obtain divorce…
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Standard of Proof in family cases
COMMENT : What is the nature, extent and quality of evidence which a prudent person would expect and demand in the facts and circumstances of…
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Is Hindu Marriage a Sacrament or a Contract or a semblance of both ?
The Real Nature of Hindu Marriage, the following paragraph by Jurist Paras Diwan has become the locus classicus on examining the real nature of…
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for Bigamy – both marriages should be complete ceremoniously !
Bhauram Shankar Lokhande v. State of Maharashtra – 1965 SC The Question that arose for consideration was Whether second marriage required to be ‘valid’ for…
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Relevant Extracts from the Indian Divorce Act, 1869 (As amended in 2001) applicable to Christians
Comment : these are the basic grounds of divorce for christians in india THE INDIAN DIVORCE ACT, 1869 III-DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE 10. Grounds for dissolution…
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Tulsa V. Durghatiya – 2008 SC
Comment : Tulsa v. Durghatiya – This judgment is the perfect manifestation of policy of law in favouring legitimacy and against concubinage. The Judgement in a…
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Wife claiming maintenance after Mutual Consent Divorce.
In Geeta Satish Gokarna vs Satish Shankarrao Gokarna on 29 March, 2004 in this case the wife agreed, at the time of divorce by mutual consent…
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Right of Maintenance of a wife of void marriage – Suresh Khullar v. Vijay Khullar – 2007 Delhi High CourtHig
In this decision – the husband married second time after obtaining divorce by ex parte from first wife, after 4 years of ex parte…
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Inter Caste/Inter Religious Marriages good for the cause of fraternity of the country…
The Above observation came in the case of Lata Singh v. State of UP (2005) where the SC came heavily upon state machinery failing…
