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    Hindu Marriage Act News

    Chandigarh: AFT grants family pension to 2nd wife despite void marriage

    The Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT), Chandigarh, directed the authorities to grant ordinary family pension to Satnam Kaur, the second wife of a former army havildar, even after holding that their marriage was legally void under the Hindu Marriage Act. (Representational image)
    Cities
    Published 6 days ago

    'Wife can't follow husband like Vodafone ad pug': Madras high court

    The Bench made the observations while setting aside an order of the Sivagangai family court, which had dismissed the husband's divorce petition.
    India News
    Updated 16 days ago

    Anand Marriage Act to come into force in Sikkim from June 1

    According to a Union law ministry notification issued on May 14, “the central government hereby appoints the 1st day of June, 2026, as the date on which the provisions of the Anand Marriage Act, 1909 shall come into force in the State of Sikkim”.
    Cities
    Published 124 days ago

    Marriage is a partnership of equals, not service contract: HC

    Marriage is a partnership of equals, not service contract: HC
    Cities
    Published 125 days ago

    Chandigarh: ‘Making unsubstantiated claims against hubby points to cruelty’

    The court concluded that it would be impossible for the husband to live with his wife and dissolved the marriage with costs. (HT File)
    Cities
    Published 165 days ago

    HC rejects Rajesh Khanna’s partner’s plea to recognise her as his widow

    Few people know that Anita Advani, the reported live-in-partner of Rajesh Khanna, had acted with Dimple Kapadia in a movie called Saazish. The film was apparently her first and the last Bollywood appearance.
    Cities
    Updated 170 days ago

    HC says case can’t be transferred merely on wife’s allegations

    The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has dismissed the wife’s allegations. (REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE )
    Cities
    Published 214 days ago

    Punjab: Sangrur panchayat calls for family’s boycott after same-village wedding

    The panchayat and residents of Rogla village in Sangrur district passed a resolution to socially boycott a local family and demand their immediate relocation after their son married a woman from the same village
    Cities
    Published 227 days ago

    Can waive 1-year separation norm in mutual consent divorce, says HC

    Can waive 1-year separation norm in mutual consent divorce, says HC
    India News
    Published 275 days ago

    Repeated threats by spouse to commit suicide amount to cruelty: Bombay HC

    The bench referred to a Supreme Court judgment that said threats of suicide by a spouse amount to cruelty.
    India News
    Published 304 days ago

    With woman already married, Allahabad HC refuses police protection to ‘live-in’ couple

    The petitioners don’t have legally protected and judicially enforceable subsisting right to ask for mandamus, court said. (For Representation)
    Cities
    Updated 308 days ago

    Absence of Saptapadi does not exclude marriage from Hindu Marriage Act: Delhi HC

    Representational image.
    India News
    Published 318 days ago

    Failure to dispel doubt of infidelity is cruelty, grounds for divorce: Delhi HC

    The bench delivered the judgment while dealing with a woman’s petition challenging a family court’s November 2022 order granting divorce to her husband on the ground of cruelty. (Representative photo)
    Cities
    Published 321 days ago

    No alimony to self-sufficient spouse: Delhi HC

    (Shutterstock)
    Cities
    Published 335 days ago

    Hiding absence of uterus valid ground for annulment of marriage: Delhi HC

    Section 12 (1)(c) of the HMA allows a spouse to seek annulment if consent for marriage was obtained by fraud, whether relating to the nature of the ceremony or any material fact or circumstance. (HT Archive)
    Cities
    Published 384 days ago

    Marriage can be annulled for deliberate misrepresentation of marital status

    A division bench of justices Anil Kshetarpal and Harish Vaidyanthan Shankar delivered the ruling on August 20. (HT Archive)
    Cities
    Updated 391 days ago

    EXCLUSIVE| Koi divorce nahi ho raha hai: Govinda’s team denies rumours of split

    Sunita Ahuja and Govinda
    Htcity
    Published 392 days ago

    HC junks woman's ₹90 lakh alimony plea as she fails to prove husband impotent

    The high court dismissed the woman's appeal against a trial court order dismissing her plea seeking divorce on the grounds that her husband cannot perform sexual intercourse due to erectile dysfunction, nullity of marriage, and cruelty
    India News
    Published 396 days ago

    YouTuber Armaan Malik, two wives summoned by court over multiple marriages

    Armaan Malik faces legal issues for alleged bigamy and controversial Instagram video with wife Payal.
    Entertainment
    Published 402 days ago

    Haryana: Khap leaders to meet in Jind on June 22 over social issues

    Haryana Sarpanch Association chief Ranbir Singh Gill said that khap leaders and social activists from across the state will participate in the meeting. (HT File)
    Cities
    Published 468 days ago

    Arya Samaj marriages valid under Hindu Marriage Act: Allahabad HC

    Venue doesn’t matter if Vedic rites are performed, says Allahabad HC (Sourced)
    Cities
    Updated 520 days ago

    File pleas on hardship to seek divorce in one year: HC

    Noting that the couple have been residing separately for nearly five years and proactively contesting the case before the court, the bench said it would be apt to remand the matter back to the family court for fresh adjudication, rather than dismissing it purely on procedural grounds. (HT Archive)
    India News
    Published 526 days ago

    Kids from void marriage can inherit father’s properties: Orissa high court

    The bench of justices Bibhu Prasad Routray and Chittaranjan Dash dismissed a matrimonial appeal of an 80-year-old woman who challenged the order of a family court. (Shutterstock)
    India News
    Published 531 days ago

    Minority status of Jains and personal laws: A knotty affair

    The addition of Jains as the sixth community for the purposes of the Minorities Commission could not mean or imply anything else, much less change the course of personal law applicable to the community (AP)
    Opinion
    Published 540 days ago

    On Chahal-Dhanashree divorce, Bombay HC's order to family court

    The Bombay HC has asked for a family court to decide on Yuzvendra Chahal and Dhanashree Verma's divorce tomorrow
    India News
    Updated 548 days ago

    Denial of right to education as a ground for divorce

    The court ruled that “compelling the wife to discontinue her studies or creating such an atmosphere that she is put in a position not to continue her studies at the beginning of their marital life” amounted to mental cruelty under the Hindu Marriage Act of 1955, (HT Photo)
    Opinion
    Updated 550 days ago

    Woman filing false cases against husband amounts to mental cruelty, says HC

    (For representation)
    Cities
    Published 552 days ago

    Quitting job to deny wife alimony is not appreciated in civilised society: Orissa HC

    Quitting job to deny wife alimony is not appreciated in civilised society: Orissa HC
    India News
    Published 554 days ago

    Orissa HC rebukes engineer who quit job to avoid paying maintenance to wife

    The woman had filed for divorce and interim maintenance in 2016 (Photo: Orissa High Court website)
    India News
    Published 555 days ago

    Don’t reject Jains’ divorce plea under Hindu Act: HC

    The high court was apprised that 28 similar petitions were pending an appeal. (Shutterstock)
    India News
    Published 561 days ago
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