Tag Divorce
The court observed that “merely for the reason that the law does not recognise marital rape under penal law, it does not inhibit the court from recognising the same as a form of cruelty to grant a divorce”. Kochi |Updated:… Continue Reading →
Swati Deshpande,TNN | Mar 10, 2014, 04.21 AM IST The Bombay high court said that married life should be assessed as a whole and a few isolated instances over certain period will not amount to cruelty. MUMBAI: A woman’s refusal to… Continue Reading →
19-Sept-2013 J. Venkatesan “It is a treatable, manageable disease, on par with hypertension and diabetes” NEW DELHI : Temporary ill-health including schizophrenia, a mental illness, which is curable, cannot be a ground for divorce under Section 13 (1)… Continue Reading →
Patiala | Apr 01, 2013, Outlook A six-year-old boy was allegedly singed with cigarette butts and slashed with a shaving blade by his father who inflicted injuries all over his body. The harrowing tale of torture was narrated by the… Continue Reading →
JISKI KAHAANI USKI ZUBAANI PUBLIC HEARING OF VICTIMS OF ORAL DIVORCE 17 DECEMBER 2012 AT THE NATIONAL ANNUAL CONVENTION OF BHARATIYA MUSLIM MAHILA ANDOLAN Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan [BMMA] is a secular, autonomous and rights based… Continue Reading →
Published: Thursday, Nov 1, 2012, 15:20 IST Place: Srinagar | Agency: PTI The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has held that a Muslim man’s power to divorce his wife is not “unrestricted or unqualified”. Justice Hasnain Masoodi in his 23-page… Continue Reading →
Divorce rates are far higher among “modern” couples who share the housework than in those where the woman does the lion’s share of the chores, a Norwegian study has found. The report found the divorce rate among couples… Continue Reading →
Rosy Sequeira, TNN | Sep 26, 2012, MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday waived the mandatory six-month waiting period for couples, who, during the pendency of their appeal against the family court order, decide to end their marriage through… Continue Reading →
by Piyasree Dasgupta Sep 5, 2012, Firstpost Justice Bhaktavatsala could be straight out of an ’80s Bollwyood film. At least, the Karnataka High Court judge, does uncannily sound like the wiry, death-bed bound mother stereotype who would advise her trembling, weepy, ketchup… Continue Reading →