‘Father as Natural Guardian No Longer Tenable’: Allahabad HC Flags Patriarchal Bias, hands over the custody of 12-year-old girl to her mother

The Allahabad High Court has held that exclusive custody of a minor girl may be given to the mother to safeguard the interest of the child, while noting that the…

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MP High Court Allows Husband To Produce Wife’s WhatsApp Chats Obtained Without Her Consent To Prove Adultery Allegations

While hearing a matrimonial dispute, the Gwalior Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court held that private WhatsApp Chat is admissible as evidence under Section 14 of the Family Courts Act…

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Wife Who Gave Up Maintenance Right During Mutual Divorce Not Barred From Seeking It Due To Change Of Circumstance: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently held that a wife who had voluntarily surrendered her right to maintenance is not barred from seeking it at a later stage, when there is…

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Calling husband infertile or impotent & using abusive language is not abetment to suicide: Supreme court quashes proceedings against wife and relatives 

The Supreme Court quashed an abetment to suicide case under Section 306 of the IPC against the husband's in-laws, ruling that merely calling him "impotent" in offensive language while taking…

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