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The Supreme Court recently directed sale of ancestral property of a man to pay arrears of maintenance of Rs. 1.25 Crores to his wife under its inherent powers under Article 142. A bench of Justice...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that it can exercise its discretion under the inherent powers under Article 142 of the Constitution of India for dissolving a marriage on the ground of ‘irretrievable...

The Supreme Court on Friday used its plenary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to protect 100-year-old trees on land that was tied up in a legal dispute between land and plot holders and a municipal council.

The Delhi High Court explained that the power to grant divorce on the ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage is only vested in the Supreme Court, and not with High Courts, let alone family courts.

Technical defects should not hinder the provision of substantial justice, observed the Supreme Court recently while restoring a cheque bounce case that had effectively been closed on account of one such technical ground

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Article 142 empowers the Supreme Court to pass orders which are necessary for doing complete justice in any cause or matter pending before it.

The Court held that it has specified the factors on the basis of which a marriage can be held to be irretrievably broken down.

The apex court delivered the verdict on a batch of petitions relating to the exercise of its vast powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to dissolve broken-down marriages.

A constitution bench said that both sides have to agree to nullify the marriage. It also ruled that the six-month waiting p[period to apply for divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act can be done away with if both parties consent to it