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    Parental Alienation on the Rise: Delhi High Court Orders Shared Parenting Guidelines
    Parental Alienation on the Rise: Delhi High Court Orders Shared Parenting Guidelines
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    Parental Alienation on the Rise: Delhi High Court Orders Shared Parenting Guidelines

    Delhi High Court has ordered the formation of guidelines for shared parenting amid rising parental alienation cases. The Court has allowed petitioners in a PIL to submit a detailed representation for Child Access, Custody Guidelines, and a Parenting Plan.

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    Right to Life Under Article 21| Mother Cannot Be Forced to Choose Between Her Child and Her Career: Delhi High Court
    Right to Life Under Article 21| Mother Cannot Be Forced to Choose Between Her Child and Her Career: Delhi High Court
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    Right to Life Under Article 21| Mother Cannot Be Forced to Choose Between Her Child and Her Career: Delhi High Court

    The Delhi High Court allowed a mother to travel to the US with her minor son to pursue postgraduate studies. The Court emphasized her Right to Life under Article 21, stating she cannot be denied education for personal growth.

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    Long Ties, Child Birth Are Signs of Relationship in the Nature of Marriage: Bombay High Court Refuses to Quash DV Case Against Man
    Long Ties, Child Birth Are Signs of Relationship in the Nature of Marriage: Bombay High Court Refuses to Quash DV Case Against Man
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    Long Ties, Child Birth Are Signs of Relationship in the Nature of Marriage: Bombay High Court Refuses to Quash DV Case Against Man

    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.

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    Second Marriage Without Divorce Is Invalid; Cruelty Complaint by ‘Wife’ Not Maintainable Under BNS: Patna High Court
    Second Marriage Without Divorce Is Invalid; Cruelty Complaint by ‘Wife’ Not Maintainable Under BNS: Patna High Court
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    Second Marriage Without Divorce Is Invalid; Cruelty Complaint by ‘Wife’ Not Maintainable Under BNS: Patna High Court

    “The Patna High Court quashed proceedings against the husband’s relatives, holding that a cruelty case under Section 85 BNS cannot stand when the marriage is void due to a previous marriage. Ruled second marriage without divorce is invalid.”

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    Imputations Strike at My Honour and Womanhood: Priya Kapur Files Criminal Defamation Case Against Mandhira Kapur Smith
    Imputations Strike at My Honour and Womanhood: Priya Kapur Files Criminal Defamation Case Against Mandhira Kapur Smith
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    Imputations Strike at My Honour and Womanhood: Priya Kapur Files Criminal Defamation Case Against Mandhira Kapur Smith

    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.

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    Priya Kapur Moves Supreme Court Seeking 2016 Karisma Kapoor–Sunjay Kapur Divorce Papers; Hearing Today
    Priya Kapur Moves Supreme Court Seeking 2016 Karisma Kapoor–Sunjay Kapur Divorce Papers; Hearing Today
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    Priya Kapur Moves Supreme Court Seeking 2016 Karisma Kapoor–Sunjay Kapur Divorce Papers; Hearing Today

    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.

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    Widowed Daughter-in-Law Becomes Dependant After Father-in-Law’s Death: Supreme Court Allows Maintenance Claim from His Estate
    Widowed Daughter-in-Law Becomes Dependant After Father-in-Law’s Death: Supreme Court Allows Maintenance Claim from His Estate
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    Widowed Daughter-in-Law Becomes Dependant After Father-in-Law’s Death: Supreme Court Allows Maintenance Claim from His Estate

    The Supreme Court has ruled that a widowed daughter-in-law qualifies as a dependant under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. This recognition allows her to legally seek maintenance from the estate left behind by her deceased father-in-law.

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    Neighbour or Outsider Cannot Be Held Liable Under 498A: Karnataka High Court Quashes Cruelty Case Against Woman
    Neighbour or Outsider Cannot Be Held Liable Under 498A: Karnataka High Court Quashes Cruelty Case Against Woman
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    Neighbour or Outsider Cannot Be Held Liable Under 498A: Karnataka High Court Quashes Cruelty Case Against Woman

    Karnataka High Court has quashed a cruelty case against a woman, ruling that she cannot be prosecuted under Section 498A IPC. The Court clarified that a neighbour or outsider cannot be held liable for matrimonial cruelty allegations.

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    Father’s Obligation Doesn’t Diminish, Don’t Force Working Mothers to Exhaust Themselves: Delhi HC on Child Maintenance
    Father’s Obligation Doesn’t Diminish, Don’t Force Working Mothers to Exhaust Themselves: Delhi HC on Child Maintenance
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    Father’s Obligation Doesn’t Diminish, Don’t Force Working Mothers to Exhaust Themselves: Delhi HC on Child Maintenance

    The Delhi High Court stated that a working parent’s earning capacity, whether husband or wife with custody of minor children, does not reduce their caregiving responsibilities. The Court stated that fathers’ obligation doesn’t diminish, and mothers shouldn’t be overburdened.

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    Continuance Of Marital Bond Would Only Prolong Agony: Supreme Court Ends Irretrievably Broken Marriage Under Article 142
    Continuance Of Marital Bond Would Only Prolong Agony: Supreme Court Ends Irretrievably Broken Marriage Under Article 142
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    Continuance Of Marital Bond Would Only Prolong Agony: Supreme Court Ends Irretrievably Broken Marriage Under Article 142

    Invoking Article 142, the Supreme Court dissolved an irretrievably broken marriage, holding that its continuance would only prolong agony. The Court granted divorce despite trial and High Court findings, stressing complete justice over rigid statutory grounds of law.

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