The Bombay High Court held that a long-term intimate partnership marked by repeated cohabitation and child birth amounts to a relationship in the nature of marriage under the DV Act. It refused to quash the case against him.
Priya Kapur, wife of late industrialist Sunjay Kapur, has filed a criminal defamation case in Delhi’s Patiala House Court against her sister-in-law Mandhira Kapur Smith, stating that such imputations strike at her honour, womanhood and social standing deeply.
Priya Sachdev has moved the Supreme Court seeking certified copies of the 2016 divorce proceedings between Karisma Kapoor and Sunjay Kapur. She wants access to records detailing the financial settlement and child custody arrangements made during their separation.
Today, On 19th December, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant announced a special Supreme Court vacation sitting on December 22 to hear genuinely urgent cases as the winter recess begins. He said judges worked all night on briefs and declined fresh listings.
The Supreme Court said, “marriages do fail but parties should not stoop so low,” calling it “very disgusting” that since 2022 the husband has stopped his wife from collecting her belongings, and ordered him to return them within 24 hours.
The Delhi High Court ruled that adultery alone doesn’t decide custody, but when coupled with neglect and abandonment, it can. The Court upheld granting the father interim custody, emphasizing the child’s welfare above all else.
In a dramatic courtroom incident, the Punjab and Haryana High Court transferred the interim custody of two children to their mother after the father, allegedly intoxicated, assaulted her lawyer within the court premises.
Calcutta High Court introduces landmark child custody guidelines ensuring equal parenting, visitation rights, and anti-alienation safeguards to protect children’s welfare in custody disputes across West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
The Supreme Court in 2025 ruled that every child has a right to the affection of both parents, stressing that interaction must continue even if living apart or abroad.
The Supreme Court dissolved a couple’s marriage by mutual consent, urging them to shed egos and focus on their daughter’s well-being. The husband will pay Rs 50,000 monthly for the child’s upkeep.
