Divorce Cases

He lifted Chen off the floor and fled the courtroom with her on his back, leaving his wife screaming.

Hearing a petition for transfer of a matrimonial dispute case, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud advised a couple to agree to divorce by mutual consent and said a long legal fight would only benefit lawyers.

Assam's main Opposition party the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) today said it will consider going to court against the Himanta Biswa Sarma government's decision to ensure mandatory registration of marriage and divorce of Muslims.

Change in social conditions and a rapidly evolving society require a realistic approach to be adopted, the Bombay High Court has said while granting divorce to a couple and waiving the mandatory six months cooling off period.

The Supreme Court has issued a notice to former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's estranged wife Payal Abdullah over a divorce petition filed by him.

Adultery can be a ground for divorce but not for granting custody of a child, the Bombay High Court said while granting custody of a nine-year-old girl to her mother.

The Delhi High Court ruled that making derogatory complaints to the spouse's employer with intent to harm professional reputation and financial well-being amounts to cruelty.

A sessions court here has set aside a magisterial court order directing a husband to pay a monthly maintenance of Rs 15,000 to his wife, holding that the woman had not disclosed her true income.

Vindictiveness aimed at eroding a father-daughter relationship is an act of extreme cruelty to the father and gross inhumanity to the child, the Delhi High Court has held while granting a divorce decree in favour of a man.