Nainital: Today, the Uttarakhand High Court issued notices to the State Government and the Union of India in response to a plea challenging the recently implemented ‘Uniform Civil Code Uttarakhand 2024’. The court has given six weeks for the respondents to provide their responses. The division bench of the High Court, comprising Chief Justice G. … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court allowed an appeal from a woman seeking maintenance from her second husband without legally dissolving her marriage from her first husband, saying social welfare provisions must be subjected to an expansive and beneficial construction and this understanding has been extended to maintenance and the right to maintenance is not a … Read more
Chennai: The Madras High Court has held that not only conversion but also effort to proselytize a spouse to the religion of another without their consent is nothing, but absolute violence and grounds of cruelty for grounds of divorce. A bench comprising N Seshasayee (now retired) and Justice L Victoria Gowri held this while hearing … Read more
Dehradun: Uttarakhand has become the first state in India to implement a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), aiming to simplify and standardize personal laws related to marriage, divorce, succession, and inheritance. Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami launched a designated portal for UCC regulations today, on Monday afternoon, at CM residence in Dehradun. Dhami cabinet ministers, Rekha … Read more
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court, dismissing an appeal of an estranged wife against family court order granting divorce, said that lodging a false complaint against the husband and his family members with the intention to correct the behaviour of the husband would amount to cruelty. The trial court granted a decree of divorce on a … Read more
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court recently refused to grant a decree of divorce to a man from his wife on the grounds of physical and mental cruelty, saying that the allegations that the wife was quarrelling with him without any reason are not sufficient to form any opinion that the husband is undergoing acute mental … Read more
Indore: The Madhya Pradesh High Court, while allowing a woman’s divorce plea, said that forcing the wife to leave her job and live as per his wish and style amounts to cruelty. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari said this while hearing a plea by a 33-year-old … Read more
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court, while upholding the divorce granted to a man by a family court on the ground that his wife called him “hijda” (eunuch), said calling a husband “hijda” is an an act of mental cruelty. The order of the High Court came on a plea filed by the estranged … Read more
New Delhi: Bollywood actress Neelam Kothari recently broke her silence on a deeply personal chapter of her life – her first failed marriage to UK-based businessman Rishi Sethia. Speaking on the third season of Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives, the Hum Saath Saath Hain actress shared the struggles she faced during her short-lived marriage in … Read more
Dehradun: The draft for the rules to implement Uniform Civil Code in Uttarakhand is now complete. Former Chief Secretary Shatrughan Singh, who chaired the drafting committee, handed over the draft to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami at the Secretariat on Friday. CM Dhami stated that the draft has been received, and a cabinet meeting will … Read more