Husband’s Licentious Disposition Disregarding Wife’s Autonomy is Marital Rape: Kerala HC
The Kerala HC while dismissing the appeal filed by the appellant Husband held that; although marital rape is not punished…
THE VALIDITY OF MARRIAGE BETWEEN A RAPE CONVICT/ACCUSED AND THE VICTIM
Background: Eminent figures of society, law enforcement agencies, and recently, even the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India in Mohit Subhash…
Smt. S. Vanitha v The Deputy Commissioner, Bengaluru Urban District and Anr.
“Eviction proceedings under Senior Citizens Act, 2007 cannot override the Right of Residence of a woman in a shared household…
Widow will get the Pension of Dead Man not the Mother
The Supreme Court set aside the controversy between “saas-bahu” over the pension of the deceased man in the case of…
THE SPECIAL MARRIAGE ACT, 1954
Introduction The special marriage act 1954 deals with inter-caste and inter-religion marriage. This act is applicable in the whole of…
CONCEPT OF WILL UNDER MUSLIM LAW
Introduction Everyone wants to ensure that his life is important and worries after his death for his belongings. A person…
RIGHT TO ADOPT OF A HINDU DESERTED WIFE
Introduction According to the researcher’s interpretation, Adoption means taking a child from his biological parents into one’s own family and…
How the family court should adjudicate the matters of extrajudicial modes of divorce under Muslim law at the instance of wife: Kerala HC Issues Directions
The Kerala HC issues directions to the family court in regard to the adjudication of matters of extrajudicial modes of divorce under Muslim law at the instance of the wife. The court upholds the validity of the extrajudicial modes of divorce for Muslim women.
Power of Family courts are not absolute and they cannot part ways with the mandatory procedural requirements: Supreme Court
On Wednesday the Supreme Court after hearing the matter in a case with the title Aman Lohia vs Kiran Lohia…