1+ hour, 48+ min ago   (609+ words) A wife cannot be expected to follow her husband wherever he goes like the pug (dog breed) in the Vodafone ad, the Madras High Court recently observed while dealing with a matrimonial dispute. Likewise, a husband cannot always take along…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (495+ words) Having children from a marriage cannot operate as a perpetual bar against a spouse seeking divorce from the marriage that has effectively ceased to function, the Madras High Court recent held. A Bench of Justices GR Swaminathan and MD Sumathi…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (426+ words) A Division Bench of Justices Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya and Supratim Bhattacharya made the observation while upholding a decree of divorce granted to a husband on the ground of mental cruelty. The Court said, “Stray instances of sexual intercourse after separation cannot…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1445+ words) There is something deeply ironic about the way Indian law has approached the live-in relationship. The arrangement was, at least in part, supposed to offer consenting adults an alternative to marriage. Instead, the law has spent the better part of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (680+ words) The right to marry is a human right and restrictions on that right must be construed strictly, the Madras High Court said while suggesting that the Hindu Marriage Act be amended to prevent a pending appeal against divorce from indefinitely…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (442+ words) The Kerala High Court recently held that a wife's demand for a separate residence away from the husband's family, without sufficient reason, would constitute marital cruelty entitling the husband to divorce. The ruling was delivered on July 29 by a bench…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (211+ words) The Supreme Court was informed on Friday that Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has resolved his divorce dispute with his estranged wife, Payal Abdullah, through mediation. A Bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe disposed of…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (558+ words) A person cannot walk away from a marriage and seek divorce merely on the ground that he has lost interest in his spouse, the Karnataka High Court recently held. A Division Bench of Justices DK Singh and TM Nadaf underscored…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (371+ words) Does saying “I do” erase a spouse’s right to refuse sex? Marriage in India is traditionally seen as a sacred union founded on mutual consent. Yet, this consent is largely treated as a one-time transaction at the altar, without examination…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (481+ words) The Madras High Court recently held that a wife's act of filing a police complaint against her husband and in-laws does not amount to mental cruelty unless it is proven that the complaint is false. Justice P Vadamalai of the…...