family law

Supreme Court of India CASE NO.:Appeal (civil) 6626 of 2004 PETITIONER:Sheila B. Das RESPONDENT:P.R. Sugasree DATE OF JUDGMENT: 17/02/2006 BENCH:B.P. Singh & Altamas Kabir JUDGMENT:J U D G M E N T The appellant, who is a paediatrician by profession, was married to the respondent, who is a lawyer by profession, on 29th March, 1989, at Thrissur in Kerala under the provisions ..

Taunting a woman for her dark complexion amounts to mental cruelty, says SC Widening the scope of the phrase "mental and emotional cruelty" the Supreme Court has ruled that taunting a woman for her ugly looks or dark complexion amounted to mental cruelty which is worse than physical torture. A bench comprising Justices Altamas Kabir and J M Panchal upheld the Madras High Court judgement conf..

Sanjay Dutt and Manyata say they are not married Mumbai, Apr 8 (PTI) Actor Sanjay Dutt and his friend Manyata told a court here that they are not legally married, giving a dramatic twist to the case relating to the couple's marital status. Challenging the allegations of bigamy levelled by Manyata's first husband Meraj Rehman, an undertrial, the couple has claimed there was n..

Registration of marriage? not many really care Anurag Sharma New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) It may have been made in heaven but Sanjay Dutt's much hyped wedlock with Manayata was 'unmade' in Goa with the authorities withdrawing the registration. Although the celebrity marriage kicked up a storm in the media and led to an action by the Goa government against an official, experts ..

The Supreme Court has asked High Courts to quash criminal proceedings against accused in dowry cases only under exceptional circumstances otherwise it may amount to injustice to women who are complainants in these matters. "The court must be careful to see that its decision, in exercise of this power, is based on sound principles. The inherent power should not be exercised to stifle a legitim..

Couples seeking divorce will not be able to untie the knot quickly with a court ruling in Mumbai that the one-year mandatory period of separation cannot be shortened under any circumstance. The Bombay High Court gave the ruling while dismissing a petition of a city-based couple, who challenged the Constitutional validity of Section 13(B) of the Hindu Marriage Act, pleading for legal separatio..

Sanjay Dutt consults Islamic law expert over wedding Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt and his "wife" Manyata were in the Capital over the weekend to seek help from Islamic law specialist and member of Law Commission of India Tahir Mahmood on the controversy over their wedding. Mahmood today confirmed that Dutt along with his wife Manyata had consulted him on Saturday "exclusively" on matt..

A daughter-in-law cannot seek a maintenance allownce from her mother-in-law as such a liability is fixed upon only the husband, or in exceptional circumstances on the father-in-law, the Supreme Court has said. "A property in the name of the mother-in-law can neither be a subject matter of attachment nor during the life time of the husband his personal liability to maintain his wife can be directe..

New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI) A woman has landed in trouble for filing a case before a Delhi court under the Domestic Violence Act against her husband and father-in-law who had allegedly died 15 years ago, much before her marriage. "Sattar, who could not witness his son's wedding with complainant woman has posthumously been accused of harassing his daughter-in-law that too under the new law which has b..

The Supreme Court has said that a muslim who marries his wife's sister during the subsistence of the first marriage has to pay maintenance allowance to the "second wife" and the children from the marriage. The fact that the marriage was not solemnised as per the custom and was "irregular" cannot be a ground for depriving the woman or the children from that marriage of the maintenance claims a..

RELIGION-AIMWPLB-SHARIAT NIKAHNAMA TWO LAST LUCKNOW The new nikahnama has 17-point hidayatnama (guidlines for marriage under Shariat law for bride and groom), while 8 points on the talaq process. The prominent points on the hidayatnama are that any forceful nikah is not acceptable under Shariat law, while during the marriage it should be kept in mind that both the bride and groo..

Wife cannot claim in-law's property for maintenance: SC New Delhi, Mar 16 (UNI) The Supreme Court has held that the right of seeking maintenance of a neglected wife is confined only to her husband and she cannot recover the arrears of maintenance from the property and assets of her in-laws. A bench, comprising Justices S B Sinha and V S Sirpurkar, also imposed a cost of Rs..

A Muslim marrying two sisters to maintain both: SC New Delhi, Mar 16 (UNI) The Supreme Court has ruled that if a Muslim man marries two sisters he is liable to maintain both and he cannot neglect the second sister on the grounds that his second marriage is 'batil' (void). ..

Once awarded for ideal wedding; now jailed for bigamy Created on : 03/06/2008 2:51:55 PM (NORMAL ) Nagpur, Mar 6 (UNI) A man who was twice awarded for solemnising inter-caste marriage and without accepting any dowry has now been convicted for bigamy ie marrying a second time during the lifetime of his first wife and sentenced to 3-year rigorous imprisonment and a fine of ..

The wedding of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt and wife Manyata as per Hindu rites may be invalid if she has not converted to Hinduism before the marriage on 11th February. "According to the Hindu Marriage Act, if the couple are Hindus at the time of marriage, only then is the marriage valid under the Act," noted lawyer Mrunalini Deshmukh said. "Even though Sanjay and Manyata have filed a joint ..