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Woman Deceived Into Marriage by Husband’s Concealment of Existing Marriage Entitled to Maintenance Under Section 125 CrPC: Allahabad High Court

Introduction In a significant judgment advancing the social justice objective of maintenance laws, the Allahabad High Court has held that a woman who is induced into marriage because the husband concealed his existing valid marriage is

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Wife Who Voluntarily Left Matrimonial Home and Was Found to Be in an Extramarital Relationship Not Entitled to Divorce: Madhya Pradesh High Court

Introduction In a significant matrimonial law judgment, the Madhya Pradesh High Court held that a spouse who voluntarily abandons the matrimonial home without sufficient justification and is found to have engaged in an extramarital relationship cannot

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Unproven Allegation That Wife Accused Husband of HIV/AIDS Not Enough for Divorce: Karnataka High Court

Introduction In a significant ruling on matrimonial disputes, the Karnataka High Court has held that an unsubstantiated allegation that a wife accused her husband of suffering from HIV/AIDS cannot, by itself, amount to mental cruelty sufficient

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Wife Cannot Access Husband’s Income Tax Details Through RTI for Maintenance Claims: Delhi High Court

Introduction In a significant ruling on privacy and the scope of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the Delhi High Court has held that a wife cannot seek her husband’s income tax details through RTI to

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Being a Student Does Not Exempt Husband From Maintaining Wife: P&H High Court

Introduction In a significant ruling on maintenance rights, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that a husband cannot avoid his legal obligation to maintain his wife merely on the ground that he is still

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Married Individuals Cannot Enter Live-In Relationships Without Divorce: Allahabad High Court

Introduction In a significant observation, the Allahabad High Court has clarified that a person who is already married cannot legally enter into a live-in relationship with another individual unless the existing marriage is formally dissolved through

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Wife Earning Income Can’t Be Sole Criteria To Deny Maintenance From Husband’: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court held that merely because a wife is earning, it cannot be the sole ground to deny her maintenance from her husband. Key ObservationsThe Court clarified that earning some income does not automatically

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Quarrel With Daughter-in-Law By Itself No Offence Of Cruelty Or Dowry Harassment: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court held that a mere quarrel with a daughter-in-law, without specific allegations of harassment or dowry demand, does not constitute an offence of cruelty under Section 498A IPC or dowry harassment under the Dowry

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Gujarat High Court: Mother Is Natural Guardian of Girl Under 5, Disputed Separation Deed Not a Bar to Custody

The Gujarat High Court has held that under the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956, a mother is the natural guardian of her daughter who has not completed five years of age, and this status is

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Husband Abandoning Wife and Defaulting on Maintenance Forfeits Right to Contest Divorce: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has ruled that a husband who abandons his wife and fails to maintain her loses the moral and legal standing to oppose her petition for dissolution of marriage on the ground of

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