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The husband filed for divorce under Section 10(i) of the Indian Divorce Act, 1869 and the wife sought interim maintenance. The Family Court awarded the wife Rs.1,75,000 per month, considering her lack of residence, sacrifice of employment, the husband’s extensive income and property holdings, and …
The case involved a protracted matrimonial dispute between Dr. Benoy Idicula Babu and Dr. Nisha Saira Benoy, with multiple civil, criminal and passport matters pending in various courts. The Supreme Court, after directing court‑assisted mediation, facilitated a settlement and considered the parties’ …
The Supreme Court dismissed three public‑interest writ petitions that sought to declare various provisions of Muslim, Hindu and Christian personal laws unconstitutional. The petitioners argued that polygamy, unilateral talaq, and discriminatory inheritance rules violated Articles 13, 14 and 15 of …
Molly Joseph sought a declaration that her marriage to George Sebastian was void on the ground that a prior marriage to Prince Joseph was still subsisting, despite an alleged annulment by an Ecclesiastical Tribunal. The husband contested, arguing that the earlier marriage remained valid and that …
The petitioner, Anil Kumar Mahsi, filed a writ petition under Article 32 challenging Section 10 of the Indian Divorce Act, 1869 as being discriminatory against husbands and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution. He sought dissolution of his marriage on the ground of his wife's desertion and …
The appellants, Jeet Singh (who had two wives) and his first wife Mayawati, challenged the inclusion of two plots transferred to Mayawati in Jeet Singh's land holding under the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960, arguing that Mayawati was a "judicially separated" wife and …
The wife, a Christian from the Khasi tribe and an Indian Foreign Service officer, married a Sikh husband under the Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872. She filed a petition under the Indian Divorce Act, 1869 seeking a declaration of nullity or judicial separation on the ground of her husband's …
Reynold Rajamani and his wife, married under the Indian Christian Marriage Act, filed a joint petition under Section 28 of the Special Marriage Act seeking divorce by mutual consent. The trial court dismissed the petition, and the couple attempted to rely on Section 7 of the Indian Divorce Act 1869 …
