The Rajasthan High Court granted divorce to a woman by overturning a Family Court order and criticised the customary “Atta-Satta” marriage system, especially involving minors, while holding that the lower court wrongly viewed the arrangement dispute as the sole cause of marital breakdown.
The Supreme Court of India emphasised that lawyers must disclose both favourable and unfavourable judgments before courts, observing that contradictory rulings create uncertainty and stressing advocates’ duty to ensure judicial consistency by informing courts about relevant and latest legal pronouncements across jurisdictions.
