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Family Court Empowered To Consider Muslim Couple's Plea For Declaration Of Mutual Divorce By 'Mubarat': Gujarat High Court Reaffirms
14+ hour, 47+ min ago (605+ words) The Gujarat High Court has reiterated that a family court is competent and empowered to consider application for dissolution of marriage based on divorce by mutual consent which is also known as Mubarat agreement executed between Muslim couple. A division…...
Foreign Divorce Decree On Ground Of 'Irretrievable Breakdown' Not Enforceable In India: Supreme Court
12+ hour, 10+ min ago (372+ words) A decree of divorce passed by a court in the United States of America (USA) on the grounds of irretrievable breakdown of marriage is not enforceable in India, observed the Supreme Court. This is because irretrievable breakdown of marriage is…...
Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash Child Marriage Case Against Groom, Families; Warns Temples, Priests And Marriage Halls Of Liability
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (298+ words) Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash Child Marriage Case Against Groom, Families; Warns Temples, Priests ...Live Law If such conduct were to receive judicial indulgence, the eradication of child marriage would remain an illusive aspiration, the court strongly remarked.The…...
Dear Gujarat, My Marriage Is Not Meant To Be Notified
1+ week, 2+ day ago (440+ words) Picture this: you are eligible to vote the moment you turn eighteen. You can choose your government, influence public policy, and shape the destiny of the nation. Yet, when it comes to choosing your life partner, the State now proposes…...
'Panchayat Not Court Of Law', Can't Settle Sexual Offences Through Promise Of Marriage: Orissa High Court
1+ week, 2+ day ago (585+ words) 'Panchayat Not Court Of Law', Can't Settle Sexual Offences Through Promise Of Marriage: Orissa High Court'Live Law...
Controlling Love Marriages Under The Pretext Of 'Love-Jihad"
1+ week, 5+ day ago (343+ words) In 1999, the Supreme Court had said in a famous case of noted writer Githa Hariharan[1] that: mother of a minor cannot be relegated to an inferior position on the ground of sex alone since her right as a natural guardian…...
Can't Expand Marriage Assistance Scheme To All With Minimum Wage, Court Cannot Substitute One Executive Policy For Another: Madras High Court
2+ week, 11+ hour ago (224+ words) The Madras High Court recently held that the Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar Ninaivu Marriage Assistance Scheme [Marriage Assistance Scheme] of the Tamil Nadu government cannot be extended to every person who earns minimum wages. The bench was dealing with an appeal…...
Homemaker Doesn't 'Sit Idle', Law Must Recognize Economic Value Of Her Contribution To Domestic Relationship: Delhi High Court
3+ week, 5+ day ago (441+ words) The Delhi High Court has observed that a homemaker does not sit idle and the law must recognise the economic value of her contribution to the domestic relationship.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said ......
Marriage Registration Not Proof Of Marital Harmony, Can't Be Used To Deny Mutual Divorce Before One Year: Delhi High Court
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (377+ words) The Delhi High Court has held that mere registration of marriage between two individuals cannot determine matrimonial harmony or their intention to cohabit together. "Registration of marriage is merely a statutory mandate, and by itself, cannot be determinative of matrimonial…...
Convenience Of Wife Prevails Over That Of Husband: Andhra Pradesh High Court Reiterates, Transfers Divorce Case
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (253+ words) 11 Feb 2026 11:15 PM The Andhra Pradesh High Court has allowed a wife's plea to transfer the divorce case initiated by her husband, from Repalle, Guntur District to Ongole, Prakasam District, holding that in matrimonial proceedings, the convenience of the wife must…...