Supreme Court in its recent order has said that the "Welfare" mentioned in the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 has to be construed literally and must be taken in its widest sense. It has stated that the moral, ethical as well as ..
RESTITUTION OF CONJUGAL RIGHTS Section 9: Restitution of conjugal rights: "When either the husband or the wife has without reasonable excuse withdrawn from the society of the other, the aggrieved party may apply by petition to the district Co ..
Who is Hindu? Declaration by a non Hindu is sufficient to be treated as a Hindu This is a case of Kerala High Court. Mohandas Vs. Dewaswom board. Mr. Jesudas the famous playback singer, born and brought up as a Christian. On the basis of his declara ..
PROFORMA – DIVORCE PETITION. IN THE COURT OF THE __________________DISTRICT JUDGE TO THE COURT OF DISTRICT JUDGE, _____________________ (The name of the Court in which the suit is brought) ______________________________ … &helli ..
THE Guardian and Wards Act, 1890 (GWA), the 116-year-old Indian legislation plays spoilsport. A whopping 12 million orphan children in India need parents but the law does not allow Muslims, Christians, Jews and Parsis to become their adoptive parent ..
Another gooseflesh story of a young Bride tortured in her matrimonial home for dowry demand and later burnt to death. Although such news is a regular features in our day-to-day lives; and social activists, government, judiciary had come out with man ..
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND FAMILY DISPUTE-RESOLUTION*[1] Nothing is static, every thing is dynamic. Due to evolution of time every thing changes viz., process, tradition, way of living etc. The concept of dispute was very old and still in ..
In most Indian families, a girl and a boy are supposed to marry according to the convenience and approval of their parents, relatives, neighbours and, at times, even of those who are total strangers to them. In short, everyone's opinion matters, ..
MUSLIM WILL (WASIYAT) Generally a person starts thinking about executing a will when he develops a feeling that he is getting aged or has become so sick that death is imminent. The expression "will" means the legal declaration of th ..
Maintenance under Section 125 Cr.P.C. - From the date of application or date of the order Abstract Whether the Applicant wife is entitled to maintenance from the date of the Order passed by the Family Court or from the date of application made by t ..