Registration of Marriage Does Not Remove Exceptional Hardship Where It Was Never Consummated: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court set aside a Family Court order denying waiver of the mandatory one-year waiting period for mutual consent divorce. A bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Renu Bhatnagar held that forcing a non-consummated marriage causes hardship.

DV Act Doesn’t Allow Wife to Force Re-Entry Into Matrimonial Home Abandoned by Choice: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court held a wife cannot seek residence under the DV Act if she moved to housing and is not roofless. Court said the law protects against dispossession, not reinstatement to a home abandoned by choice.

Freedom Of One Person Ends Where Another’s Rights Begin: Allahabad High Court Bars Live-In Relationships For Married Persons

The Allahabad High Court ruled that a married person cannot enter a live-in relationship without first obtaining a legal divorce. The court said personal liberty is not absolute, holding freedom ends where statutory rights of another person begin.