Family Law

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Refusal To Wear 'Sakha & Sindoor' Signify A Woman's Refusal To Accept Her Marriage: Gauhati HC Allows Divorce Petition [Read Order]

Wife Entitled To Maintenance Even If She Runs A Business & Earns Income Out Of It Says Bombay HC, Decreases Quantum Of Maintenance [Read Judgment]

The Metamorphosis Of Right Of Hindu Women In Ancestral Property

Here Is A Summary Of Law Commission’s Suggestions In Its Consultation Paper On ‘Reform Of Family Law’

Delay in adjudication by Family Courts is against human rights and the basic embodiment of dignity of an individual: SC [Read the Judgment]

SC Vacation Bench to hear regular pending cases, lawyers can request for inclusion of old cases. [Read the Notification]

Bombay High Court upholds financially independent wife cannot claim maintenance