family law

 Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan on Friday appealed to the Prime Minister and Chief Ministers of all states to create more family courts in the country to settle matrimonial disputes amicably. p style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvet..

Irretrievable breakdown of marriage ought to be a ground for granting divorce, the Law Commission of India has recommended, it was announced today. The Commissions 217th Report on Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage-Another Ground for Divorce has been forwarded by Chairman A R Lakshmanan to Law and Justice Minister Hans Raj Bhardwaj. A Ministry statement noted that Section 13 of the Hindu ..

The Law commission has recommended to the center that irretrievable breakdown of marriage be incorporated as additional ground for grant of divorce. The suo mottu suggesstion for immediate action comes within days of SC denying divorce to a husband on the ground of irretrievable breakdown...

'Irretrievable breakdown' of marriage no ground for divorce: apex court New Delhi, March 4, 2009: Irretrievable breakdown of marriage is no ground for divorce for those married under the Hindu Marriage Act because the law does not recognise it, the Supreme Court has ruled. Dismissing a Hindu husband's plea for divorce, a bench of Justices Markandey Katju and V.S. Sirpurkar stated that the..

SECOND WIFE ALSO HAS RIGHT TO MAINTENANCE : PEOPLS' COURT New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) In a significant order, a Lok Adalat (peoples' court) here dealing with matrimonial cases Sunday ruled that even a second wife has the right to maintenance for herself and their child. The Lok Adalat was organised by Delhi Legal Services Authority (DLSA) in which 60 cases relating to maintenance and domes..

New Delhi, March 1: The capital's first Lok Adalat (people's court) dealing with cases of domestic violence and matrimonial disputes on maintenance Sunday received great response from the litigants, court officials said. "We have received a great response from people today. It was, in fact, overwhelming. People come to courts in great numbers and show keen interest in settling their cases," sai..

SC: Courts Can't impose Irrelevant Conditions For Wife's Maintenance Dated : 01-03-2009 Sourece : UNI Delhi : TEXT : The Supreme Court has held that while granting anticipatory bail, courts cannot impose irrelevant conditions on the husband such as directing him to pay maintenance, along with arrears, to the wife. A bench comprising Justices R V Raveedran and J M Panchal allowed ..

Arvind Jain, Advocate, Supreme Court has been invited to deliver seed lecture as an esteemed resource person, in a National Seminar titled "Women Empowerment in Modern Indian Society" on 27 & 28th February 2009, to be held at Chanchal Bai Patel Mahila Mahavidyalaya Jabalpur, organized by Dept. of Sociology. The seminar would be of 04 sessions; 02 on the first day and the remaining 02 on the n..

20 Feb 2009, 0100 hrs IST, Abhinav Garg, TNN NEW DELHI: Taking a stand contrary to the Prevention of Child Marriage Act (PCMA) 2006, the Centre has claimed before the Delhi High Court that a minor girl should be allowed to stay with her husband even in a case of underage marriage. In its arguments, the government hails the boy who figures in one of the cases of minor elopement being exami..

Mangalore Mayor drags Renuka to court NDTV Correspondent Tuesday, February 17, 2009, (Mangalore) The controversies after the Mangalore pub attack just refuse to die down. Adding to the list of related incidents, Minister for Women and Child Development Renuka Choudhary has now been dragged to court by the Mayor of Mangalore Ganesh Hosabettu. He has filed a criminal case against her for ..

If a boy does not turn up for second motion in mutual consent divorce case!!! initail bay put the case in the court for divorce then the girl did not trun up for the divorce..... then.. after so many months they agreed on mutual consent they both filed application of mutual consent bit after the first motion the boy did not turn up for the second motion.... pls. guide what to do and under which..

Divorce Cases On The Rise In Chennai 12 Feb 2009, 1221 hrs IST, PTI Text: CHENNAI: In a worrying trend, the number of couples seeking divorce is on the rise in this conservative city with younger generation, particularly the stress-prone IT professionals, breaking marriages even on trivial issues. Gone are the days when divorce was largely confined to the higher strata of con..

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI SUBJECT : INDIAN PENAL CODE W.P.(CRL.)591/2008 & Crl. M.A. 5507/2008 Date of Hearing : 01st July, 2008 Date of Decision : 08th July, 2008 MOHD. NIHAL …. Petitioner Through Mr. K. Sunil, Adv. versus STATE ….. Respondent Through Ms.Mukta Gupta, Advocate for the State. Mr.Sanjeev Bhandari, Additional Standing Counsel ..

Centre rejects recommendation for reducing marriage age of boys 1/24/2009 The Centre has rejected the recommendation of the 205th Law Commission to reduce the marriage age of men from 21 to 18 years. Rajya Sabha member from Goa Shantaram Naik in a statement said the Centre was in view that if the age of 18 years was retained for the boys and the girls, it was likely that girls younger t..

Let’s get the law right Tahir Mahmood Two conspicuous cases of unlawful bigamy through the route of conversion to Islam have made headlines in recent days. In one of these, an already married prominent politician mysteriously disappeared and surfaced a month later with a new bride claiming that they had become husband and wife under the law of Islam to which both of them had since ..