Month: July 2014

Upkeep of wife sacred duty: SC

New Delhi, July 16: The Supreme Court has ruled that it is a husband’s “sacrosanct duty” to support his estranged wife financially and asked family courts to deal firmly with those who adopt delaying tactics to avoid paying maintenance. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and V. Gopala Gowda passed the judgment yesterday while taking

IF Wife can’t prove DV, children ALSO NOT entitled maintenance under DV. Bombay HC, May 2014

* Wife fails to prove DV* Magistrate does NOT grant maint to wife, but GRANTS maintenance to children* HC says if wife can’t prove DV , children also NOT entitled to maintenance *****************************disclaimer**********************************This judgment and other similar judgments posted on this blog was / were collected from Judis nic in website and / or other

Know about Exparte?

Section 13B of Hindu Marriage Act provides for a cooling period of six months on the first motion being moved, in the event the parties changed their minds during the said period. Accordingly, after the initial motion and the presentation of the petition for mutual divorce, the parties are required to wait for a period