Kerala HC denies maintenance to wife after finding out about her habitual adulterous behaviour

The Kerala High Court has recently held that circumstantial evidence is sufficient to establish the factum of 'living in adultery' to defeat the claim for maintenance under Section 125 of…

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Laws Of Cruelty Attracted Even To Live-In Relationships, Void & Voidable Marriages: Karnataka High Court

The petitioner man had alleged that the complainant and him were not legally married and thus she could not have lodged a cruelty case against him and at most his…

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Husband Obligated to Earn Even by Physical Labour to Maintain Wife: Allahabad High Court Upholds Maintenance Order

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has said that an able-bodied husband can not escape the responsibility to pay maintenance to his wife on the ground that he…

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Consensual affair with married woman won’t attract offence of rape on promise of marriage: Kerala High Court

In a case revolving around the question whether an eight-year long consensual relationship, allegedly induced by a promise of marriage, could be classified as rape, a Single Judge Bench of…

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