family law

Marriage is solemnized in heaven as also divorce is destined in heaven or so it is said. This belief is just to appease to the couple whose marriage breaks down, apparently due to mutual consent, and but in reality it is  due to unavoidable circumstances in which the couple finds itself. The decision is not truly voluntary but consequences of circ..

India is a country, which is slowly opening its doors for western ideas and lifestyles and one of the most crucial episodes amongst it, is the concept of Live-in relationships. Many has been said and debated on the concept of..

Under clause (ia) of sub-section (1) of section 13 and under sub-section (1) of section 10 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 cruelty is a ground of divorce as well as judicial separation respectively. Whether a particular act or conduct complained of is covered under the ground of cruelty or not, will always be decided on fa..

Will your Nominee get the money on your death?- Legality-Very Important. Will your Nominee get the money on your death?   p class="MsoNorma..

A de-facto guardian is a person who takes continuous interest in the welfare of the minor’s person or in the management and administration of his property without any authority of law.[12] Hindu jurisprudence has all along recognized the principle that if liability is incurred by one on behalf of another in a case where it is justified, then the person, on..

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The Law commission in its 59th report (1974 ) stressed that in dealing with disputes concerning the family court ought to adopt an approach redically different from that adopted in ordinary civil proceedings and that it should make reasonable efforts at settlement before the commencement of trial.   The Code of civil Procedures was amended accordingly in 1976 to pro..

  Supreme Court in its recent order has said that the "Welfare" mentioned in the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 has to be construed literally and must be taken in its widest sense. It has stated that the moral, ethical as well as t..

RESTITUTION OF CONJUGAL RIGHTS   Section 9: Restitution of conjugal rights: "When either the husband or the wife has without reasonable excuse withdrawn from the society of the other, the aggrieved party may apply by petition to the dis..

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THE Guardian and Wards Act, 1890 (GWA), the 116-year-old Indian legislation plays spoilsport. A whopping 12 million orphan children in India need parents but the law does not allow Muslims, Christians, Jews and Parsis to become their adoptive parents. They can be appointed as guardians only.   The Hindu Adoption and Maintena..

Another gooseflesh story of a young Bride tortured in her matrimonial home for dowry demand and later burnt to death.  Although such news is a regular features in our day-to-day lives; and social activists, govern..

  ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND FAMILY DISPUTE-RESOLUTION*[1]   Nothing is static, every thing is dynamic. Due to evolutio..