The Supreme Court, in a judgement by His Lordship Judge Banumathi, told a couple going through a mutual consent divorce who had arrived at certain consent terms through mediation, to follow up and comply with the consent terms arrived at in mediation or else, they would be held in contempt of court. Justice Banumathi held that: “In case of non-compliance…

The Bombay High Court in a surprising judgement declared that a marriage performed with a minor girl who was 14 years of age at the time of the marriage is valid after the said girl has attained majority as she herself is willing to cohabit with the Petitioner. The High Court even stayed the proceedings against the husband under Sections…

Wherein the husband is trying to hide his salary, the court is of the opinion that the court can estimate the salary of the husband in order to award maintenance to the wife. In this case, the court looked at the able bodied man who was an ex-serviceman and estimated that even if he was working as an unskilled laborer,…

High Court urges Family Courts to not close the right to file written statement, or to lead evidence or to close cross examination in haste. The Delhi High Court has especially urged Family Courts in matrimonial matters to separate the chaff from the grain as a lot of these matters are hyped up and the Courts need to arrive at…

Making an astonishingly logically sound argument albeit not sounding sexist, the Delhi High Court has held that parents are not ‘equally’ responsible for a child’s expenses. In a case wherein the mother was granted custody of the child,the court held that the mother spends a lot of time with the child in his upbringing and it is not just financial…

Wherein consent terms were arrived at by both parties and the mother gave up her right to maintenance, stridhan, and alimony, the Supreme Court had no issues with the mother giving up her own rights. However, finding fault with the mother giving up her child’s maintenance in consent terms, the Supreme Court opined that a mother does not have the…