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Showing posts with label wife. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wife. Show all posts
Saturday, 4 October 2025

Kerala HC: Wife Cannot File Writ Petition On Behalf Of Husband Without Valid Power Of Attorney

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Thus, it is evident from the provisions of Order III of the CPC that an appearance, application or act in or to any Court which is required ...
Sunday, 24 August 2025

Kerala HC: Wife can claim maintenance after divorce despite prior compromise agreement if she is unable to maintain herself

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Apparently, Ext.B2 was executed in the year 2004, and the claim for maintenance was raised only in the year 2012. Thus, without much discuss...
Saturday, 23 August 2025

Supreme Court: The court may award maintenance to wife up to 25% of husband's income and to child 15% of husband's income

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 A sum of Rs. 250/- per month for the maintenance of the wife of a person occupying the position of the appellant cannot be said to err on t...
Wednesday, 2 July 2025

Bombay HC: Section 377 IPC and Marital Disputes: Distinguishing Grounds for Divorce from Criminal Offence

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Heard submissions and pursued the FIR and other documents. The complainant has grievance against her husband, who is a gay and kept sexual r...

Can a Wife Prosecute Her Husband’s Male Partner for Unnatural Offence under Section 377 IPC?

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Bombay High Court Discharges Accused from Section 377 IPC After Navtej Singh Johar Judgment: A Landmark Application of LGBTQ Rights Articl...
Saturday, 25 January 2025

Delhi HC: The court must adopt gender neutral approach/Men facing cruelty in marriage is also entitled to same legal safeguards as women

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  In this Court‟s opinion, the hallmark of fair and just justice  delivery system is to remain gender-neutral while adjudicating cases  of s...

Delhi HC: Under which circumstances wife is not entitled to anticipatory bail for causing injury to husband?

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The other argument that the accused be granted bail since she  has a three month old child to take care of, is also found unmerited in this ...
Friday, 1 November 2024

Madras HC: Privacy as a fundamental right includes spousal privacy also and evidence obtained by invading this right is inadmissible

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  This is primarily because there has been a clear invasion of the privacy right of the wife. It is obvious that the husband had stealthily ...

Whether the court can allow husband to prove call record of mobile of his wife downloaded from website of JIO by submitting his own S 65B certificate ?

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Coming to the case on hand, the certificate enclosed by the  husband reads that the electronic statement was taken from Jio official  websit...
Sunday, 1 September 2024

Allah HC: Wife Declining To Cohabit With Husband By Forcing Him To Live In Separate Room Amounts To mental Cruelty to husband

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 Cohabitation is an essential part of a matrimonial relationship and if the wife declines to cohabit with the husband by forcing him to live...
Friday, 23 August 2024

Bombay HC: Husband's Girlfriend Is Not His Relative, Cannot Be Booked For Cruelty Under Section 498A IPC

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Non-applicant  No.2 Bharti, has lodged the complaint against her husband Nitesh  stating that because of the affair of her husband with the ...
Monday, 12 August 2024

Bombay HC: In-Laws Can't Be Booked U/S 498A of IPC Merely On Allegations That They Supported Husband Who Subjected Wife To Cruelty

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 In the case of R. P. Kapur V/s. State of Punjab, reported in MANU/SC/0086/1960 : 1960:INSC:61 : AIR 1960 SC 866, the Hon'ble Apex Court...
Saturday, 29 June 2024

Telangana HC: Depriving Spouse Of Being On Facebook, Instagram; Damaging Partner's Reputation/ Social Standing May Amount To Cruelty

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In essence, whether the conduct inflicted by one party on the other clears the threshold of cruelty under Section 13(1)(i-a) of the Act is w...
Saturday, 25 May 2024

Whether the court should disbelieve the fact that physical abuse was caused to wife if she fails to produce medical certificate or police report in support of it?

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Insofar as the amount towards compensation fixed at Rs. 50,000/- is concerned, this Court is not impressed by the contention raised on behal...
Wednesday, 21 February 2024

Whether the family court should refuse to give maintenance to wife if she is not ready to serve husband’s mother and maternal grandmother?

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For disposal of this Criminal Revision following point of determination are being framed: (i) Whether the opposite party No.1-wife has refus...
Monday, 19 February 2024

Under which circumstances life interest in property given to wife will not convert into ownership rights as per S 14 of Hindu Succession Act?

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In our view the relevant aspect of the aforesaid conclusion is para 4 which opines where Sub-section (2) of Section 14 of the said Act would...

Supreme Court: Orders Giving Visitation Right/Temporary Child Custody Cannot Be Passed In A Proceedings For Restitution Of Conjugal Right

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The respondent (husband) should have filed a separate and independent petition under Section 26 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, instead of ...
Sunday, 18 February 2024

Whether husband can refuse to pay maintenance to wife if she is residing in matrimonial house?

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The mere fact that she is residing in the matrimonial home is not a  pretext to disentitle her to a reasonable amount of maintenance. She  s...
Tuesday, 23 January 2024

What are different types of traditional divorce under muslim law?

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  In Islamic law, divorce is known as "Talaq," and there are different types of divorce recognized within the Sunni and Shia tradi...
Sunday, 14 January 2024

Whether wife is entitled to get divorce from husband on the ground of mental cruelty if he publish allegations against her in Newspaper and prosecute her relatives?

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 In our considered view, a partner in matrimonial relationship who goes to the extent of filing police complaints against mother, friend, we...