Family Law News For conviction in dowry death, establish cruelty first: Supreme Court March 17, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has said that for seeking the conviction of a person accused of causing dowry death, the prosecution has to produce evidence that establishes that the demand for dowry was coupled with acts of harassment and cruelty. For the court to draw the presumption that the accused had caused the dowry death, the […] Read more » establish cruelty first For conviction in dowry death Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya Supreme Court
Family Law News HC asks Realtor to pay Rs 75K to wife, daughter March 11, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Delhi High court has directed a real estate businessman to pay Rs 75,000 every month to his wife and 11-year-old daughter towards their maintenance in a matrimonial dispute case. The court also directed the man, a leading construction firm promoter, to provide a mid-segment AC car with a driver to them for their day-to-day use […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw matrimonial dispute case Rajiv Sahai Endlaw real estate businessman
Family Law News HC sets aside Family Court order granting divorce to Pune man March 9, 2013 / March 9, 2013 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on HC sets aside Family Court order granting divorce to Pune man The Bombay high court has set aside a Family Court order granting a divorce decree ex-parte to a 35-year-old Pune man without providing a fair opportunity to hear his wife, thereby causing prejudice to her. Hearing the woman’s appeal against the Family Court order, the HC Bench noted last week “We are convinced that the wife is required to […] Read more » Bombay High Court divorce cases family court Family Court order
Family Law News HC quashes divorce decree on ground that wife should be heard March 7, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A divorce decree has been set aside by the Bombay High Court which has granted by a family court eight years ago to a man who had claimed that his Australian wife had deserted him in 1991. The court opined that the consequences of a decree of divorce had far-reaching effects on the marital status of […] Read more » 1954 Australian wife Bombay High Court divorce decree family court Section 18 of the Foreign Marriage Act 1969 Special Marriage Act
Family Law News PIL seeks officers to protect domestic violence victims February 25, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Alleging that the Domestic Violence Act was not being implemented, a PIL has urged the Bombay High Court to direct the Maharashtra government to immediately appoint full-time officers to protect victims of domestic violence. Appointment of such full time ‘protection officers’ is mandatory under the Domestic Violence Act which came into being in 2005 but […] Read more » Bombay High Court Domestic Violence Act' domestic violence victims JMFC court Justice A.M. Khanwilkar Maharashtra government Masters in Social Service PIL Secretary of Women and Child Welfare Department
Family Law News High Court quashes ex-parte divorce order, sends case to family court February 21, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Describing it as “erroneous”, the Bombay High Court has set aside an order of Nashik family court granting a divorce decree ex-parte to a man in the absence of his wife who did not attend the proceedings Allowing an appeal filed by the aggrieved wife against the impugned judgement of December 7, 2011, a high […] Read more » divorce ex-parte divorce order family court family court case high court bench Hindu Marriage Act Nashik family court section 13(1)(ia) (ib) of the Hindu Marriage Act
Criminal Law News Family Law News Delhi High Court acquits 3 on death row for burning woman January 30, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A man, his son and daughter, have been acquitted by the Delhi High Court from the sentence of death by a Sessions court last year for burning alive his daughter-in-law to corner her property. A bench of justices Gita Mittal and JR Midha acquitted East Delhi resident Gulbeg Ali, his son Zulfikar Ali and daughter Kumari Mubin […] Read more » burning alive Delhi High Court sentence of death Sessions court Supreme Court judgements
Family Law News Top Law News Trial commences in paternity suit against N D Tiwari January 29, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The trial in the paternity suit of Rohit Shekhar, seeking to declare veteran Congress leader ND Tiwari as his biological father, on manday commenced before a commission here with the testimony of his mother who said that her former husband still assists her two sons including Rohit. “…My son (Rohit) is writing journals etc but […] Read more » Additional District Judge Bahar-U Barqi biological father Congress leader ND Tiwari cross-examination of Ujjwala Defence Colony Delhi High Court Delhi High Court as Local Commissioner Delhi High Court Bar Association DNA test Hindustan Lever or Petro Chemicals distributorship paternity suit of Rohit Shekhar trial in the paternity suit
Family Law News Top Law News 64-year-old father gets custody of surrogate child January 16, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In Jaipur a family court has allowed a 64-year-old surrogate father to retain the custody of a six-year-old child. The custody of the child was being claimed by the surrogate mother. The order was passed on a petition filed by one K K Singh, a 64-year-old entrepreneur who got a child born out of surrogacy […] Read more » 64-year-old entrepreneur 64-year-old surrogate father additional chief secretary chairman Child rights commission Child Welfare Committee Child Welfare Committee (CWC) CWC family court Jaipur judge Devendra Joshi K K Singh Ram Prakash Bairwa six-year-old child social justice department State Child Rights Commission surrogate mother
Family Law News High Court allows transfer of Gayatri Devi’s shares December 26, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The legal battle over transfer of late Maharani Gayatri Devi’s shares in royal family’s firms has been decided in favour of her grandchildren, Devraj and Lalitya Kumari with the Delhi High Court ordering rectification of share registers of the companies. Jagat Singh, son of Gayatri Devi and Sawai Man Singh, held 99% shares in firms including Jai […] Read more » 38-page judgement contentions of Prithviraj Singh Delhi High Court Devraj Devraj and Lalitya Kumari grandchildren Jai Mahal Hotels Pvt Ltd Jai Singh Jai Singh and Urvashi Devi Justice Indermeet Kaur Lalitya Kumari late Jagat Singh late Maharani Gayatri Devi legal battle Maharani Gayatri Devi Prithviraj Singh Rambagh Place Hotels Pvt Ltd royal family Sawai Madhopur Lodge Pvt Ltd Sawai Man Singh SMS Investment Corporation Pvt Ltd Urvashi Devi
Family Law News HC quashes order giving divorce to husband exparte December 14, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Observing that a court should use its discretion, the Bombay High Court has set aside an order of a civil judge in Baramati, who refused to condone the delay made by a woman in an application urging to dismiss a divorce decree granted to her husband ex-parte. Saying that this was a fit case where […] Read more » Baramati Civil Judge Bombay High Court civil judge in Baramati CROSS-EXAMINATION divorce High Court high court judge Justice Dalvi Justice Roshan Dalvi mental shock Snhel alias Nandini Ghante The High Court judge
Criminal Law News Family Law News Dowry death: Husband, in-laws awarded 7 yr prison November 16, 2012 / November 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 1 Comment on Dowry death: Husband, in-laws awarded 7 yr prison In Kapurthala district Parents and a man was sentenced to seven years in prison by a local court in a three-year-old dowry death case. Additional Session Judge J S Bhinder, while observing that, “perpetrators of crime against women did not deserve any leniency”, sent Lakhwinder, his mother Kuldip Kaur and father Amarjit Singh to prison […] Read more » 7 yr prison Additional Session Judge J S Bhinder Amarjit Singh Bhulath in Kapurthala district In Kapurthala district Kuldip Kaur Lakhwinder local court Salempur village of Tanda three-year-old dowry death case