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Spouse With Earning Capacity Can't Sit Idle And Burden Partner: High Court
Delhi High Court has observed that a spouse who has a reasonable capacity to earn but chooses to remain unemployed and idle without sufficient explanation should not be permitted to saddle the other partner with the responsibility of meeting expenses
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Wife Can Claim Alimony If Husband Creates Situation Of No Return: Court
The mere existence of a judicial order asking a wife to restore the conjugal relationship with her husband does not disentitle her from claiming maintenance if he created such circumstances that she cannot stay with him, Delhi High Court has said.
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Wife Can't Be Denied Alimony On Ground That She Earns: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has said that being capable of earning is no ground to deny an estranged wife interim maintenance as many a times wives sacrifice their career only for the family.
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Centre Refrains To Comment On Supreme Court Notice On Uniform Civil Code
The Centre refrained to comment on a Supreme Court notice issued to it on a petition which had sought directions to the respondents to take steps to remove anomalies on the grounds of divorce, maintenance and alimony, saying the issue is sub-judice.
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Father's Obligation Wouldn't End At Son Turning 18: Delhi High Court
A father's obligation would not end on his son turning 18 years as the entire burden of his education and other expenses cannot fall only on the mother, the Delhi High Court has said.
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Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Reply On Plea For "Uniform Grounds Of Divorce"
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a plea seeking "uniform grounds of divorce" for all citizens of the country keeping with the spirit of the Constitution and international conventions.
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Law Panel Brings Out Consultation Paper On Personal Laws, Common Code
On the day its term comes to an end, the Law Commission issued a consultation paper today on personal laws, which discusses introduction of new grounds for 'no fault' divorce, changes to provisions on alimony and maintenance, and uncertainty and inequality in age of consent for marriage.
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"You're Duty Bound": Court Tells Delhi Man Who Didn't Want To Pay Alimony
Delhi Court rejects man's plea to set aside maintenance says a man is duty bound to maintain his family.
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Court Asks Man To Pay Rs 2.7 lakh Monthly Alimony To Wife Who Left Career For Marriage
A Delhi court has awarded Rs 2.7 lakh maintenance to a woman who left a lucrative career in showbiz to be a housewife in 2000, and taken note of the uncertain nature of the film industry and the difficulties she may face in regaining a "foothold" in it.
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He Featured In 'Super Rich' List. 4 Lakhs A Month To Wife, Orders Court
Sounds unbelievable, but true! A millionaire husband has been directed by a Delhi court to pay his estranged spouse a whopping Rs four lakh maintenance every month with 15 per cent raise every year for deserting her and their sole minor daughter.
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Person Living In Penury Spoils Another Life By Marrying: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has rejected the plea of a man that he cannot pay Rs 7,500 as maintenance per month to his estranged wife on the ground of being a "pauper." The court said such people spoil another life by deciding to marry.
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Rs 5,000/Month Won't Buy Luxury In City Like Delhi: Court To Man's Alimony Challenge
A court in New Delhi has refused to set aside an order directing a man to pay Rs 5,000 monthly interim maintenance to his estranged wife in a domestic violence case, saying the payout will not give her a luxurious life in view of the standard of living in a metropolitan city like Delhi.
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Woman Divorced on Ground of Adultery Cannot Claim Maintenance: Court
A woman divorced on the ground of adulterous conduct cannot claim maintenance from her ex-husband, the Madras High Court has ruled.
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Unwillingness to Live with Husband, Doesn't Disqualify Alimony: Madras High Court
Though a woman may be unwilling to live with her husband and desert him, that does not disqualify her from getting maintenance from her husband, Madras High Court ruled today.
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NRI Man to Pay Rs 50,000 per Month Alimony, Rs 5 Lakh Damages to Wife
An NRI man has been directed by a Delhi court to pay Rs 50,000 per month as maintenance to his wife along with a compensation of Rs five lakh for causing her "mental trauma, economic and physical harassment".
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Spouse With Earning Capacity Can't Sit Idle And Burden Partner: High Court
Delhi High Court has observed that a spouse who has a reasonable capacity to earn but chooses to remain unemployed and idle without sufficient explanation should not be permitted to saddle the other partner with the responsibility of meeting expenses
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Wife Can Claim Alimony If Husband Creates Situation Of No Return: Court
The mere existence of a judicial order asking a wife to restore the conjugal relationship with her husband does not disentitle her from claiming maintenance if he created such circumstances that she cannot stay with him, Delhi High Court has said.
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Wife Can't Be Denied Alimony On Ground That She Earns: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has said that being capable of earning is no ground to deny an estranged wife interim maintenance as many a times wives sacrifice their career only for the family.
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Centre Refrains To Comment On Supreme Court Notice On Uniform Civil Code
The Centre refrained to comment on a Supreme Court notice issued to it on a petition which had sought directions to the respondents to take steps to remove anomalies on the grounds of divorce, maintenance and alimony, saying the issue is sub-judice.
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Father's Obligation Wouldn't End At Son Turning 18: Delhi High Court
A father's obligation would not end on his son turning 18 years as the entire burden of his education and other expenses cannot fall only on the mother, the Delhi High Court has said.
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Supreme Court Seeks Centre's Reply On Plea For "Uniform Grounds Of Divorce"
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a plea seeking "uniform grounds of divorce" for all citizens of the country keeping with the spirit of the Constitution and international conventions.
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Law Panel Brings Out Consultation Paper On Personal Laws, Common Code
On the day its term comes to an end, the Law Commission issued a consultation paper today on personal laws, which discusses introduction of new grounds for 'no fault' divorce, changes to provisions on alimony and maintenance, and uncertainty and inequality in age of consent for marriage.
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"You're Duty Bound": Court Tells Delhi Man Who Didn't Want To Pay Alimony
Delhi Court rejects man's plea to set aside maintenance says a man is duty bound to maintain his family.
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Court Asks Man To Pay Rs 2.7 lakh Monthly Alimony To Wife Who Left Career For Marriage
A Delhi court has awarded Rs 2.7 lakh maintenance to a woman who left a lucrative career in showbiz to be a housewife in 2000, and taken note of the uncertain nature of the film industry and the difficulties she may face in regaining a "foothold" in it.
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He Featured In 'Super Rich' List. 4 Lakhs A Month To Wife, Orders Court
Sounds unbelievable, but true! A millionaire husband has been directed by a Delhi court to pay his estranged spouse a whopping Rs four lakh maintenance every month with 15 per cent raise every year for deserting her and their sole minor daughter.
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Person Living In Penury Spoils Another Life By Marrying: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has rejected the plea of a man that he cannot pay Rs 7,500 as maintenance per month to his estranged wife on the ground of being a "pauper." The court said such people spoil another life by deciding to marry.
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Rs 5,000/Month Won't Buy Luxury In City Like Delhi: Court To Man's Alimony Challenge
A court in New Delhi has refused to set aside an order directing a man to pay Rs 5,000 monthly interim maintenance to his estranged wife in a domestic violence case, saying the payout will not give her a luxurious life in view of the standard of living in a metropolitan city like Delhi.
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Woman Divorced on Ground of Adultery Cannot Claim Maintenance: Court
A woman divorced on the ground of adulterous conduct cannot claim maintenance from her ex-husband, the Madras High Court has ruled.
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Unwillingness to Live with Husband, Doesn't Disqualify Alimony: Madras High Court
Though a woman may be unwilling to live with her husband and desert him, that does not disqualify her from getting maintenance from her husband, Madras High Court ruled today.
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NRI Man to Pay Rs 50,000 per Month Alimony, Rs 5 Lakh Damages to Wife
An NRI man has been directed by a Delhi court to pay Rs 50,000 per month as maintenance to his wife along with a compensation of Rs five lakh for causing her "mental trauma, economic and physical harassment".
