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Supreme Court: Hindu Woman’s Right to Absolute Ownership Linked to Maintenance

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The Supreme Court clarified that a Hindu woman can claim absolute ownership over a property under Section 14(1) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (HSA), if the property was granted…

Supreme Court Restores ₹1.75 Lakh Monthly Maintenance to Wife, Highlights Right to Matrimonial Standard of Living

The Supreme Court, while restoring the Family Court’s order of ₹1.75 lakh as monthly interim maintenance to a wife during divorce proceedings, reaffirmed the principle that a dependent spouse is…

Father’s obligation wouldn’t End on Son Turning 18 : Delhi High Court

[Urvashi Aggarwal v. Inderpaul Aggarwal, Crl. Rev. P. 549 of 2018, decided on 14-06-2021] The Delhi high court said that a father’s obligation does not end as soon as his…

The Allahabad HC will hear a complaint on the use of loud speakers in religious places

The Allahabad High Court will hear a plea seeking to prohibit public address systems from being used for announcements at temples, mosques, churches, and gurdwaras in Uttar Pradesh. It claims…

Denial of Maintenance Allowance to wife would cause a Economic Abuse u/s 3 of DV Act – Tripura HC

In the case of Ramendra Kishore Bhattacharjee v. Smt. Madhurima Bhattacharjee (Crl. Rev. P. No. 36 of 2020), the Tripura high court held that denial of maintenance allowance to the…

SC asks Centre’s response on PILs raising the issue for uniform divorce laws for women

2 PILs were filed relating to uniform divorce law and uniformity in grant of maintenance and alimony of women, respectively. The SC asked for the Central Government’s reply to the…

Maintenance in all cases to be awarded from the date of filing application: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that the right to claim maintenance under all enactments must date back to the date of filing the application. It would be appropriate to grant…

A Family Court in UP has ordered a government pensioner, to pay a monthly maintenance allowance to her husband

Facts The woman and the husband have been living separately for many years. The man had filed a petition in 2013 under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, seeking maintenance allowance…

Supreme Court refuses to entertain plea challenging order to pay maintenance as condition for anticipatory bail

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain an appeal against a Patna High Court decision requiring the appellant to pay maintenance to his wife as a condition for securing…