‘Courts Are Not Battlefields for Broken Marriages,’ warns Supreme Court, said such litigation only burdens the justice system

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A judgment authored by Justice Rajesh Bindal made these observations while dissolving a marriage that had been irretrievably broken for over 13 years, during which the couple had initiated more…

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Delhi HC rejects husband’s unemployment claim, upholds ₹50k per month maintenance; says wife’s assets and education don’t defeat her right to maintenance

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The Delhi High Court has held that an able-bodied man cannot escape his responsibility to maintain his wife and children. Rejecting a husband’s plea citing unemployment, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, in…

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Despite Long Cohabitation, Woman Can’t Claim Maintenance From Partne If Her First Marriage Subsists: Allahabad High Court

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The Court observed thus while dismissing a revision petition filed by a woman challenging an order by the trial court which had rejected her maintenance application. The Revisionist claimed she…

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Reiterating that an able-bodied husband is duty-bound to support his wife and must earn “even by physical labour” to meet that obligation, the Allahabad High Court recently upheld a Family…

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