As per the definition in Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, an adult woman is a woman who is over the age of 18 and an adult male is a male over the age of 21. A male adult over the age of 18 who marries a female child is punished u/s. 9 of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act,…

The Bombay High Court ruled that a Woman who has been seperated from her husband for the past two years can file a DV complaint. It was contended by her husband that as it has been two years, a domestic violence complaint cannot be filed as they had been living separately and since the alleged violence happened in California, Mumbai…

Wherein a woman had filed a domestic violence report, against her neighbors and there is no whisper of the fact that the alleged accused are in fact her relatives, the High Court held that the said woman cannot file domestic violence. The Act of Domestic Violence particularly the Protection of Women Against Domestic Violence, 2005 is attracted only when the…

1. Presentation of plaint. 2. Service of summons on defendant. 3. Appearance of parties 4. Ex-parte Decree 5. Interlocutory Proceedings 6. Filing of written statement by defendant 7. Production of documents by parties (plaintiff and defendant) 8. Examination of parties 9. Discovery and Inspection 10. Admission 11. Framing of issues by the court. 12. Summoning And Attendance Of Witnesses 13.…

Where a family court rejected a woman’s interim maintenance application as she was living with her parents who are very well-to- do, she has appealed that said order before the Bombay High Court. The Bombay High Court, hearing the aggrieved wife, has held that the family court did not have the right approach to deciding maintenance and they had not…

In a landmark judgement, Supreme Court has defined consent in relation to sexual relations being obtained on the premise of getting married. Thus, wherein a couple had sexual relations and the consent of the woman in the said relationship was obtained on the basis that the man told her that they would get married, and eventually, he married someone else,…

Delhi High Court has held that an order passed for cohabitation does not give sexual rights to either party. The Court cannot enforce sexual relations between the parties. The Courts can only legally ask either party to cohabit but the courts do not and cannot enforce sexual intercourse. Click here to view judgement

Wherein a wife demanded privacy and wanted her husband to get another house as they were living with 8 people in a 3BHK, the Delhi High Court held that the wife’s demands were valid and the right to privacy is a fundamental right that the wife is entitled to. The petition was filed by the husband citing that the wife…

Wherein a man was seeking nullity on the marriage as his marriage was solemnized with pheras around an agarbatti, the Bombay High Court dismissed his appeal. The Bench held that sacred fire has not been defined under the Act. The court has said: “What is a sacred fire has not been defined in the Act. The fact that there was…

Wherein a husband was trying to get out of paying maintenance on the pretext of wife earning more and he has his parents to look after, Punjab and Haryana High Court decided that: The Punjab and Haryana High Court in Amit Kumar v. Navjot Dubey, denied to accept the husband’s contention and upheld the decision of the district court. The single bench…