Family Law News SC wants no sex-determination contents on websites December 4, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today said that an effort has to be made to ensure that websites like Google India, Yahoo India and Microsoft Corporation (I) Pvt Ltd do not show contents in violation of the Indian law prohibiting sex determination of a foetus.“In our considered opinion, an effort has to be made to see that […] Read more » no sex-determination contents sex determination of a foetus sex-determination contents on websites violation of the Indian law prohibiting sex determination
Family Law News “Maintenance can’t be denied due to 2nd marriage” December 4, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A court here has asked a man to pay monthly maintenance to his estranged wife and their specially abled child, saying he cannot avoid his liability towards them on the ground of his responsibility to maintain his second wife and their child.Special judge Sanjay Sharma asked the man, an Uttaranchal resident, to pay Rs 5,000 […] Read more » maintenance due to 2nd marriage Special judge Sanjay Sharma
Family Law News Estranged wife & child are entitled to decent living: Court December 3, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Delhi court has asked a man to pay Rs 8,000 as maintenance to his estranged wife and their two-year-old child, saying they are entitled to a decent living and the ordinary comforts of life. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjay Sharma asked the man, a Delhi resident, to pay Rs 4,000 per month each to the […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Sanjay Sharma Estranged wife & child are entitled to decent living
Family Law News Consider proof of income while awarding maintenance: Court November 26, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A sessions court here has asked a trial court to reconsider its order in a maintenance case, noting that the man was asked to make the payment to his estranged wife and their child without his proof of income being considered. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Gautam Manan passed the order in a criminal appeal filed […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Gautam Manan decide the quantum of maintenance proof of income while awarding maintenance
Bar, Bench & Firm News Family Law News Irretrievable breakdown of marriage ‘debatable’ ground for divorce: SC November 23, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment : With the government set to reintroduce the marriage laws amendment bill in the Lok Sabha to amend theto make irretrievable breakdown of marriage a ground for divorce, the Supreme Court has urged a rethink if it was an expedient ground for untying the matrimonial knot. “It is highly debatable whether, in the Indian situation, […] Read more » debatable ground for divorce Hindu Marriage Act Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Hyderabad Mahila Court Irretrievable breakdown of marriage Justice Prafulla C. Pant Justice Vikramajit Sen Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill 2013 reintroduce the marriage laws amendment bill Special Marriage Act
Family Law News Powerloom worker gets three years jail in assault case in Thane November 17, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A 45-year-old powerloom worker has been sentenced to three years rigorous imprisonment by a court here on charges of assaulting his co-worker, whom his wife had married after their divorce, in 2012. Additional sessions judge M M Walimohammed held accused Mohammed Baccha Ansari from Bhiwandi guilty on Saturday under section 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt […] Read more » Additional sessions judge M M Walimohammed assault case in Thane DGP R J Kadri Powerloom worker
Family Law News Child sexual assault: Delay in lodging FIR is no ground to doubt case November 17, 2014 / November 17, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The delay in lodging a complaint itself is no ground to doubt the case of prosecution, a Delhi court has said while convicting a man of sodomising and molesting a five-year-old girl in his neighbourhood. Metropolitan Magistrate Shivani Chauhan held the man, a south Delhi resident, guilty of the offences of molestation and sodomy under […] Read more » Child sexual assault Delay in lodging FIR ground to doubt case Metropolitan Magistrate Shivani Chauhan sodomising and molesting a five-year-old girl
Family Law News HC gives no relief to industrialist in DV case filed by wife October 26, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has refused to interfere with an order of a lower court asking an industrialist to pay Rs one lakh monthly maintenance to his wife and two daughters and another sum of Rs 30,000 per month to them as rent towards accommodation. A court in Vashi town in nearby Navi Mumbai had […] Read more » DV case filed by wife HC gives no relief to industrialist Justice M L Tahilyani
Family Law News Wife’s security is husband’s responsibility: Court October 25, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A husband has the responsibility of keeping his wife happy and also ensuring her safety both inside and outside the house, a Delhi court has said while sentencing a man to three years’ jail for subjecting his spouse to cruelty. awarded the jail term to the Delhi-based man for harassing his wife mentally and physically […] Read more » Additional Sessions Judge Parveen Singh husband's responsibility Wife's security
Family Law News HC lowers monthly maintenance by Rs 30,000 in divorce case October 22, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has modified a family court order by bringing down the monthly maintenance allowance from Rs 50,000 to Rs 20,000 payable by an army colonel to his divorced wife, who is a dentist by profession.A bench of justices A R Joshi and Vijaya Tahilramani recently ordered Col Joseph Philip to pay Rs […] Read more » 000 divorce case divorce case of Col Joseph Philip Justice A.R. Joshi Justice Vijaya Tahilramani monthly maintenance by Rs 30
Family Law News HC rejects Om Puri’s petition challenging maintenance to wife October 16, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has rejected a petition filed by actor Om Puri challenging a family court order asking him to pay a monthly maintenance of Rs 2.90 lakh to his wife Nandita and minor son. The family court has asked the actor to pay interim monthly maintenance of Rs 1.25 lakh to his wife […] Read more » HC rejects Om Puri's petition HC rejects Om Puri's petition challenging maintenance to wife Justice M S Sonak maintenance to wife
Family Law News Child marriage worse than rape Delhi court says September 7, 2014 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Child marriage “is an evil worse than rape” and should be completely eradicated from society, said a Delhi court while ordering registration of a case against a girl’s parents for getting her married at a tender age. Metropolitan magistrate Shivani Chauhan issued the direction while hearing a case of dowry harassment filed by the girl’s […] Read more » Child marriage worse than rape Dowry Prohibition Act Metropolitan Magistrate Shivani Chauhan Prohibition of Child marriage Act
