Two sisters urged the Madhya Pradesh High Court to swap husbands, leaving judges stunned and everyone shocked. The rare case before the Gwalior Bench exposed an unexpected twist as both women openly admitted their wish to exchange partners.
In Madhya Pradesh High Court at Gwalior, a divorce case took an unusual turn when a woman claimed her husband’s sister was his ‘second wife’ to secure a decree. The husband has challenged the ex parte order.
The Kerala High Court held that parents cannot use a habeas corpus petition to oppose an adult daughter’s choice to live a celibate life or join a religious congregation, reaffirming that such personal decisions are protected under Article 21’s autonomy guarantee.
The Supreme Court dismissed a mother’s appeal against the Delhi High Court’s refusal of maintenance for her daughter, holding that scientific evidence prevails over legal presumptions. It ruled that “a man cannot be directed to pay maintenance if a DNA test disproves fatherhood.”
Delhi High Court Says Court Must Not Ignore Real Human Consequences, Quashes POCSO FIR Prioritising Welfare of Mother and Child. The Court said when law fails lived reality, a young mother and child’s welfare must be paramount.
The Allahabad High Court quashed a family court’s divorce order after noting it was passed under a non-existent law, observing that the judge repeatedly cited the “Muslim Women Marriage Dissolution Act, 1986” instead of the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939.
The Allahabad High Court’s Lucknow Bench quashed criminal proceedings against Raghvendra Narain Khanna and others over allegations of dowry demand and assault. The court termed prosecution after divorce, cruelty by wife, “abuse of process of law.”
Supreme Court ended a decade-long dispute it called a “matrimonial battle of Mahabharata”, quashing 80 cases and ordering Rs.5 crore alimony after noting the lawyer-husband misused legal expertise to hinder his wife’s maintenance and custody proceedings for years.
The Delhi High Court said the bail conditions forced on a convict’s wife were unacceptable intrusions into her privacy. It added that a court’s authority to impose such terms applies only to the undertrial or convict and not to their family members.
The Allahabad High Court partly allowed a criminal revision, reducing maintenance awarded to a wife and child from Rs 11,000 to Rs 7,500 monthly. The Court held maintenance must be “reasonable and proportionate” to income, considering the husband’s assessed monthly earnings of Rs 30,000.
