family law

Divorce Cases On The Rise In Chennai 12 Feb 2009, 1221 hrs IST, PTI Text: CHENNAI: In a worrying trend, the number of couples seeking divorce is on the rise in this conservative city with younger generation, particularly the stress-prone IT professionals, breaking marriages even on trivial issues. Gone are the days when divorce was largely confined to the higher strata of con..

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI SUBJECT : INDIAN PENAL CODE W.P.(CRL.)591/2008 & Crl. M.A. 5507/2008 Date of Hearing : 01st July, 2008 Date of Decision : 08th July, 2008 MOHD. NIHAL …. Petitioner Through Mr. K. Sunil, Adv. versus STATE ….. Respondent Through Ms.Mukta Gupta, Advocate for the State. Mr.Sanjeev Bhandari, Additional Standing Counsel ..

Centre rejects recommendation for reducing marriage age of boys 1/24/2009 The Centre has rejected the recommendation of the 205th Law Commission to reduce the marriage age of men from 21 to 18 years. Rajya Sabha member from Goa Shantaram Naik in a statement said the Centre was in view that if the age of 18 years was retained for the boys and the girls, it was likely that girls younger t..

Let’s get the law right Tahir Mahmood Two conspicuous cases of unlawful bigamy through the route of conversion to Islam have made headlines in recent days. In one of these, an already married prominent politician mysteriously disappeared and surfaced a month later with a new bride claiming that they had become husband and wife under the law of Islam to which both of them had since ..

In a significant ruling, a division bench of the Rajasthan High Court has held that a woman on her marriage, whatever her domicile of her origin might have been, acquired 'domicile' of her 'husband.' Domicile determined by marriage : Consequently, the division bench 'dismissed' a special appeal petition moved by the state government challenging a single bench judge verdict, which had also ta..

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has held that in case of dowry death prosecution need not to prove that there was an agreement for dowry between the families of the bride and the bridegroom as making such a demand is an offence.Interpreting Section 304-B IPC the apex court said that if courts are to insist on such agreements, then virtually no offender could be booked or convicted"Demand ..

Talaq Uttered In Drunken State Valid: Darul Uloom 7 Jan 2009, 0217 hrs IST, TNN LUCKNOW: Typing the word ‘talaq’ on an SMS which may not be “sent” or uttering the words ‘talaq’ thrice even under influence of alcohol or in a fit of rage amounts to separation under the sharia. Darul Uloom-Deoband recently issued a fatwa on three issues contrary to the common belief that the stat..

JILTED AFGHAN BRIDE SEEKS JUSTICE IN INDIA 30 Dec 2008, 2323 hrs IST, TNN NEW DELHI: It's a love story gone sour. So, she has crossed the border, from Kabul to New Delhi, seeking justice. A young Afghan translator, Sabra Khan, is in the Capital, complaining about having been deceived by an Indian army doctor who allegedly married her and then abandoned her in Afghanistan. Sabr..

MADRAS HC STAYS ORDER IN DIVORCE CASE 12/23/2008 A judge of the Madras High Court has stayed his own order, transferring a divorce case from a family court in Chennai to a court in Bangalore. Admitting a review petition filed by R Balaji of Perambur, Chennai, Justice S Rajeswaran ordered notice to Ms Manjula alias Manasi, estranged wife of Balaji, who is living in Bangalore. In his rev..

BOMBAY HC : WIFE LIVING SEPARATELY DOES NOT AMOUNT DESERTION 24 Dec 2008, 0533 hrs IST, Shibu Thomas, TNN MUMBAI: A spouse living in a separate residence doesn't amount to desertion, the Bombay High Court has ruled. Justice V R Kingaonkar of the HC bench at Aurangabad recently held that in such cases, the husband had to prove a crucial ingredient of animus deserendi-the intent..

DELHI HC UPHOLDS DIVORCE ORDER ON GROUND OF CRUELTY BY WIFE 12/19/2008 Putting an end to a 52-year-old nuptial tie, the Delhi High Court upheld the divorce granted to a husband by the sessions court on grounds of cruelty by the wife. Granting divorce to Jai Kishan Balani, an IPS officer, who is living separately from his wife for the last 40 years, Justice V B Gupta held that there was no..

HC ALLOWS WIFE TO DIVORCE HIV-POSITIVE HUSBAND21 Dec 2008, 0005 hrs IST, TNN MUMBAI: The Bombay high court recently upheld a family court order that dissolved a marriage on the grounds that the husband was HIV-positive and cruel. The court was hearing an appeal by the husband against the family court order, which observed that the HIV virus leads to AIDS, a venereal ..

Federal Law Gives Tribe Ruling in Baby Talon's Fate Six months ago, Utah couple Clint and Heather Larson adopted a baby boy named Talon who was born with drugs in his system and nursed him back to health. A 6-month-old baby is returned to his birth mother's Indian tribe. The baby's biological mother is a member of the Leech Lake band of the Ojibwe American Indian tribe. A few months late..

N.D.TIWARI IS MY SON'S FATHER, UJJWALA SHARMA TELLS COURT December 16, 2008 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh Governor N.D. Tiwari faces more trouble as Ujjwala Sharma, mother of Rohit Shekhar who has said he is the veteran politician's natural son, Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that he was born out of he..

DELHI HIGH COURT EXEMPTS N. D. TIWARI FROM APPEARANCE IN PATERNITY SUIT 12/15/2008 The Delhi High Court exempted veteran Congressman and Andhra Pradesh Governor N D Tiwari from personal appearance before the court tomorrow. Hearing a paternity suit filed by one Rohit Shekhar, a division bench headed by Justice A K Sikri and Manmohan Singh granted interim relief to the Andhra Governor, chall..