In the case of  Rohtash Singh  (supra), the marriage was dissolved on the ground of desertion. The prayer made by the wife for maintenance ...

  The perusal of the respondent’s evidence does not disclose any effort made by her to resume the matrimonial relationship. She has not file...

 The desire of the respondent to settle in Canada is actuated by  the fact that it was the appellant who had first consciously decided to  s...

The short question raised in these appeals is whether a wife, who has been divorced by the husband, on the ground that the wife has des...

Thereafter, in  Rohtash Singh Vs. Ramendri  & Ors .   (2000) 3 SCC 180,  this Court took a similar view: "11. Learned counsel for...

On hearing learned counsel appearing on both sides, we find that the court below failed to examine as to whether the objection to the main...

It is also pertinent to note that the petition for divorce was filed in Dubai while the petitioner was domiciled in India. The Apex Cour...

 If one fine morning the appellant/husband took the decision not to visit his wife and daughter at the flat where they were staying whic...

 Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Bipinchandra Jaisinghbai Shah versus Prabhavati, AIR 1957 SC 176 has observed that two essential ...

  The desertion is not to be tested by merely ascertaining which party left the matrimonial home first.   If one spouse is forced by th...

I would like to refer to the judgment of this Court in the case of Savita Bai (Supra) in which after marriage Savita Bai resided only f...

Taking into consideration the facts deduced in the cross examination of the respondent coupled with version of the appellant that remains u...

Desertion is a matter of inference to be drawn from the facts and circumstances to each case. The inference may be drawn from certain fac...

  Desertion is a matter of inference to be drawn from the facts and circumstances of each case. What amounts to desertion in a particula...

Learned counsel for the appellant is unable to point out any evidence on record, which would prove that appellant was not able to join ...

Thus, they contend that they constitute a joint Hindu family.  In fact, law presumes that every Hindu family is a joint family unles...

 Considering the case in hand and on appreciation of the evidence, it is seen that the actual desertion as stated by the husband is n...

To prove desertion in matrimonial matter, it is not always necessary that one of the spouse should have left the company of the other a...

Family - Amendment - Whether on an amendment permitting prayer for grant of divorce in such proceedings being granted, same relates b...

" Desertion", for the purpose of seeking divorce under the Act, means the intentional permanent forsaking and abandonment of one...