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
Top Law News Rajya Sabha passes marriage laws amendment bill August 27, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a major step towards making marriage laws more women-friendly, Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the bill to amend the Hindu Marriage Act (1955) and the Special Marriage Act (1954) that provides for “irretrievable breakdown on marriage” as a ground for divorce as well as grants women the right to a share in the property of their husbands. The Marriage […] Read more » Hindu Marriage Act marriage laws amendment bill national news news Special Marriage Act todays news todays top news Top news
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
Criminal Law News Youth gets 10 yrs jail for raping girl February 18, 2013 / February 18, 2013 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A young man has been awarded for 10 years of imprisonment by a fast track court for raping a girl on the false promise of marriage and leaving her after she became pregnant. The court told that after maintaining physical relations with the Muslim girl for over two years, Deepak Dogra refused to marry her and […] Read more » 10 years of imprisonment Additional Sessions Judge Nivedita Anil Sharma Delhi Victims Compensation Scheme false promise of marriage farce of marriage ceremony Fast track court legal punishment raping a girl Special Marriage Act Victims Compensation Scheme
Top Law News Bengal women’s panel seeks report on newly-wed couple September 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The West Bengal Commission for Women Wednesday sought a police report on the arrest of a man and harassment of his newly-wed wife following complaints from her family that she had allegedly been abducted. The relatives of the woman, Komal Srivas, who comes from a rich diamond merchants’ family, lodged the complaint against her husband, […] Read more » Bengal women's panel seeks report on newly-wed couple Biddhanagar police commissionerate harassment of his newly-wed wife knot irrespective of their caste or religion Komal Srivas alleged legally married Sagar Srivas Special Marriage Act threatening West Bengal Commission for Women women's commission chief Sunanda Mukherjee
Top Law News ”Court fee, marriage bills tabled in Delhi assembly” June 1, 2012 / June 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Court Fees (Delhi Amendment) Bill, 2012 — which proposes a 10-fold hike in fees — was introduced in the Assembly on Thursday. The Bill, approved by the Delhi cabinet in April, seeks to do away with stamp paper of all denominations and proposes a shift to the electronic-stamping facility, a move aimed at ensuring […] Read more » 10 times hike in court fees Court Fees (Delhi Amendment) Bill 2012 hiked fees for registration of marriage Hindu Marriage Act Special Marriage Act
Top Law News Delhi government clears marriage registration bill May 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment With the government Monday clearing the draft Delhi Registration of Marriages Bill 2012, married couples in the capital will soon have to get their marriages registered and failing to do so may invoke a fine of up to Rs.10,000. The bill is likely to be presented in the budget session of the Delhi assembly starting […] Read more » Delhi Registration of Marriages Bill 2012 Hindu Marriage Act marriage registration bill Special Marriage Act
Top Law News Special law to adopt transgenders on the anvil October 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Legal Services Authority is working on a special law to safeguard the interests and welfare of transgenders on the lines of Special Marriage Act, Supreme Court judge Altamas Kabir said Sunday. “Transgenders are in a most disadvantageous position, not of their own making. Some of them are rejected not just by society, but […] Read more » Chief Justice Vikramajit Sen Special law Special Marriage Act Supreme Court Supreme Court judge Altamas Kabir welfare of transgenders
