family law

Law Commission Recommends Amendment of Explanation to Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 Defining ‘Partition’; and OMISSION OF SECTION 213 FROM THE INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT, 1925 The Law Commission has recommended (i) Amendment of explanation to Section 6 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 to include oral partition and family arrangement in the definition of ..

A Delhi court today granted the custody of a minor child to the grandparents rejecting the plea of her biological mother. Ms Y (name changed) was married to Mr X (name changed) on June 11, 1998 as per Christian rights and customs and two children were born out of their wedlock, one daughter of nine-and-a-half yrs and son of 7 yrs at present. After the death of her husband in March 2007, the ..

MUKTSAR: A criminal case case was registered on Sunday against an IAS officer of Karnataka cadre, his parents and younger brother for demanding a Mercedes in dowry, showing cruelty to his wife and attempt to outrage her modesty. The police acted on the complaint of Dr Preet Inder Kaur, a Muktsar resident posted as medical officer at a rural hospital, Bhagsar, near here. She was married to Ravn..

After a month of painstaking investigations in the Arushi double murder case, the CBI appears to be veering around the view that accused father of the teenage victim Dr Rajesh Talwar may be innocent. Sources claimed that till date not a single piece of evidence had been unearthed against Talwar. At the same time, the needle of suspicion was pointing towards the alleged involvement of Rajkumar, a d..

Two significant judgments by the Bombay High Court and the Supreme Court of India on more stringent punishments for rape and warnings to judges to hand out appropriate sentences to rapists may have a positive impact on justice for victims of sexual crimes in India The Bombay High Court has taken a tough new line on sexual crimes against women, with a two-judge bench equating rape with murder an..

New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on wednesday reserved its verdict in a matter, related to the custody of a divorced couple's 11-year-old son, which had earlier prompted it to observe that "the Hindu Marriages Act has broken more homes than uniting." A vacation bench of Justices Arijit Pasayat and G S Singhvi, reserved its order after hearing over an hour long submissions of the boy's divo..

New Delhi, Jun 17 (UNI) In an important observation the Supreme Court today said the provisions of Hindu Marriage Act have proved counter-productive and have broken more homes than it had kept together. The observations were made by Justice Arijit Pasayat, the presiding judge of vacation bench during the hearing of a matrimonial dispute. In the dispute husband Gaurav Nagpal had com..

Expressing concern over an increasing number of divorce cases flooding the courts, the Supreme Court Tuesday observed that the Hindu Marriages Act had done more harm to the family system in the country than strengthening it. The Hindu Marriages Act has broken more homes than uniting, a vacation bench of Mr Justice Arijit Pasayat and Mr Justice G S Singhvi observed. The apex court regretted tha..

NEW DELHI, June 5: To prevent character assassination of child victims like Aarushi Talwar by investigating agencies in future, the women and child development (WCD) ministry intends to tighten existing legal provisions and even draft a new law if required. As a step in this direction, the WCD minister, Ms Renuka Chowdhury, today held a meeting with lawyers, law ministry officials, NGOs and memb..

The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs has taken several steps for protection of Indian women deserted/harassed by their NRIs husbands after receiving many complaints. An inter-Ministerial sub committee with Secretary, MOIA as Chairman and representatives from the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Women & Child Development, Ministry of Law & Justice, National Com..

SC reverses Allahabad HC's ruling in divorce case New Delhi, May 4 The Supreme Court has set aside a ruling of the Allahabad High Court which had reversed a trial court judgement granting divorce in favour of the man whose wife had deserted him as she was unwilling to live with her in-laws. A bench comprising Justices C K Thakkar and B K Jain strongly disapproved of the judg..

Supreme Court of India CASE NO.:Appeal (civil) 6626 of 2004 PETITIONER:Sheila B. Das RESPONDENT:P.R. Sugasree DATE OF JUDGMENT: 17/02/2006 BENCH:B.P. Singh & Altamas Kabir JUDGMENT:J U D G M E N T The appellant, who is a paediatrician by profession, was married to the respondent, who is a lawyer by profession, on 29th March, 1989, at Thrissur in Kerala under the provisions ..

Taunting a woman for her dark complexion amounts to mental cruelty, says SC Widening the scope of the phrase "mental and emotional cruelty" the Supreme Court has ruled that taunting a woman for her ugly looks or dark complexion amounted to mental cruelty which is worse than physical torture. A bench comprising Justices Altamas Kabir and J M Panchal upheld the Madras High Court judgement conf..

Sanjay Dutt and Manyata say they are not married Mumbai, Apr 8 (PTI) Actor Sanjay Dutt and his friend Manyata told a court here that they are not legally married, giving a dramatic twist to the case relating to the couple's marital status. Challenging the allegations of bigamy levelled by Manyata's first husband Meraj Rehman, an undertrial, the couple has claimed there was n..

Registration of marriage? not many really care Anurag Sharma New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) It may have been made in heaven but Sanjay Dutt's much hyped wedlock with Manayata was 'unmade' in Goa with the authorities withdrawing the registration. Although the celebrity marriage kicked up a storm in the media and led to an action by the Goa government against an official, experts ..