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Family Law Articles


6 months Cooling, Waiting Period for Divorce under Hindu Law is Not Mandatory!

  Kumar Doab   19 September 2017 at 11:50

(A)Dated: 12-09-2017; Apex Court; Supreme Court of India:The Apex Court relaxed the procedure of granting divorce on the ground of mutual consent by the path breaking judgment that the bench of Adesh Kumar Goyal and U.U. Lalit, pronounced.The bench r ..


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Struggling to get Divorce, here are some land mark cases in favor of husband

  Advocate Kappil Cchandna   15 September 2017 at 17:34

1. HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARHDr. Anita Rani V/s Dr. Suresh KumarWife files false criminal cases against the husband, breaking & throwing mangal sutra, getting husband arrested, neglecting household and ill-treated husband etc. ..


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Live in Relationship (Legal v/s Social view)

  Adv. Yogen Kakade   14 September 2017 at 12:04

Live-in Relationship It is no more a taboo in India, although it�s been very much less understood, misunderstood and controversial topic of our society. But in today�s fast growing world it has become an integral part of our society.I bei ..


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Money suit on the Estate of the Deceased

  Azhagananth   29 August 2017 at 12:58

�Money suit on the Estate of the Deceased, to the extent acquired by them, - not maintainable as per Section 6(4) of Hindu Succession Act�. Till date the money suits were filed on the basis of the averments viz� that M/s.XXX is dea ..


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Triple Talaq Illegal

  Nitish Banka   25 August 2017 at 10:51

Summary of Supreme Court JudgementThe practice of Triple Talaq was going on for many yearsIn India and it was incorporated in Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937.The main reason why triple talaq was challenged in ..


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Cruelty: A flourishing ground for Divorce

  K Rajasekharan   22 August 2017 at 11:14

Cruelty is an adequate ground for dissolving a marriage solemnized under a valid law, on a petition filed by either of the party in marriage. But what constitutes cruelty is not spelt out in law. This creates some confusion among the stakeholders of ..


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Impact of Violence behind Closed doors on the Health and well-being of Children

  Nishtha Malhotra   11 July 2017 at 12:08

Years back, I met a girl named Pragya (name changed) through some close friend of mine, who was struggling with herself. Talking to her over a cup of tea, she confessed that she is facing problem with almost all walks of her life. She fails to adjust ..


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Divorce laws among Hindus is indeed most unbecoming act of law makers of India

  dr g balakrishnan   12 June 2017 at 14:09

Indian �Lawmaking� is just some �Disastrous mechanism� of law makers - by Dr Guru Balakrishnan, (an Emeritus professor of Law of Bombay University) &Free Lance journalist and Advocate Idea of Divorce of marriage is sca ..


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Controversy of The Divorce under Muslim Personal Law - An Overview

  gautam arora   04 May 2017 at 16:10

Recently, a daring Muslim woman Shayara bano filed a writ petition in the year 2016 before the Apex Court challenging the practices of Polygamy, talaq-e-bidaat and halala prevalent among the Muslim Community terming these practices as violative of in ..


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Spouse leveling false accusations against the other spouse is a ground for divorce

  Kumar Doab   27 April 2017 at 11:51

Apex Court: Conduct of a spouse leveling false accusations against the other spouse would be an act of cruelty and ground for divorce. If it is found that the allegations are patently false, then there can be no manner of doubt that the said conduct ..


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