Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act

The appellants sought to exclude 36.74 acres allotted to the wife under a 1970 partition deed from the husband's land ceiling computation, claiming it was "Stridhana land" under the Tamil Nadu Land Reforms (Fixation of Ceiling on Land) Act, 1961. The dispute centered on whether Section 21A's non‑obstante clause overrod…

Suja Uday Patil (wife) appealed against the decree of divorce granted to her husband, Uday Madhukar Patil, on the grounds of cruelty and desertion under the Hindu Marriage Act. The trial court had initially ordered judicial separation, but the District Judge later dissolved the marriage and awarded alimony, a decision …

The natural mother, Priyanka, filed habeas corpus petitions in both the Rajasthan and Delhi High Courts seeking the production of her daughter Akansha, alleging the child was illegally held by her brother‑in‑law after a purported adoption. The Delhi High Court examined the legality of the registered adoption deed, foun…