Matrimonial Case News Today

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has dismissed a wifes plea challenging the divorce order granted to the couple under the Hindu Marriage Act, observing that expecting her husband to leave his aged...

A family court in Madhya Pradesh's Indore has ordered a woman, who owns a beauty parlour, to pay a monthly maintenance of Rs 5,000 to her allegedly unemployed husband in a matrimonial case., India News, Times Now

According to the separation agreement, the husband was allegedly obligated to provide maintenance of ₹2,000 with an annual increment of 10 percent to his wife and children and allocate one acre of agricultural land.

The Court concluded that the complaint was filed with mala fide intention to wreak vengeance on a lawyer who was defending the complainant’s wife in a matrimonial case.

The Court set aside a divorce decree granted to the husband and imposed ₹10,000 on him as costs on finding that it was the husband who caused mental cruelty to his wife by making unsubstantiated allegations of adultery.

The Court made the observation while dealing with a matrimonial dispute in which the wife alleged that she had been subjected to cruelty by her husband on account of her dark skin tone.

Allahabad High Court recently observed that while lawyers are free to choose their clients, their initial years of practice would usually teach them that they should not ideally appear for blood relatives.

The Kerala High Court has ordered the return of patrimony amount given by a womans family to her husband at the time of their marriage, irrespective of the fact that there was no documentary evidence...

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.

The Patna High Court has said that the orders passed in cases of child custody cannot be made rigid and final and are capable of being altered, keeping in mind the needs of the child. The court said...