The Gauhati High Court dismissed a Regular Second Appeal, reaffirming that a Civil Judge (Junior Division) cannot dissolve a Muslim marriage or authenticate talaq. Only the District Judge can decide matrimonial disputes where no Family Court exists.
The Orissa High Court criticized husbands who deliberately remain idle to evade paying maintenance to their wives and children. The court emphasized that such actions must be condemned. In a previous ruling, the same judge had also disapproved of wives who stay unemployed solely to claim maintenance.