Matrimonial Cases

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.

The Delhi High Court has ruled that a woman repeatedly leaving her matrimonial home, without any fault of her husband is an act of mental cruelty.

An executive of a Gurugram-based consulting firm was defrauded of about Rs 38 lakh by a woman who befriended him through a matrimonial site, police said.

The police have registered a case against a Noida-based man for allegedly sexually exploiting a 24-year-old women he met on a matrimonial website, and threatening to release her personal photos and videos, officials said on Monday.

In a bizarre case, a man was allowed by a court here to give Rs 55,000 in 1 and 2 rupee coins to his wife as maintenance dues for 11 months after his family brought the money filled in seven sacks to the court following his arrest for non-payment.

The High Court of Karnataka passed an interim order of stay on the complaint filed by a woman, alleging among other things, rape, by her husband with whom she lived for only one day.

Children are treated like "chattel" or movable property in matrimonial disputes, Bombay High Court said while directing a woman to come to India from Thailand with her 15-year-old son so that he can meet his father and siblings.

A crypto scammer reportedly connected with a Mumbai-based woman on a matrimonial site last year and stole Rs. 24 lakh from her. The conman told the victim that he was a US-based engineer, convinced her to invest in a crypto firm. He later connected her to a ‘guide’, who was set up to assist the woman with her investments.

The High Court of Karnataka has disallowed a Family Court's order to a mobile service provider to submit the call details and mobile tower details of a third party in a matrimonial case between a couple.

Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said Supreme Court has decided that all the 13 benches will hear 10 transfer petitions pertaining to matrimonial disputes and equal number of bail petitions daily in a bid to lessen the pendency of cases.

The Delhi High Court has said that the convenience of wife has to be seen more while deciding a plea for transfer of a matrimonial case from one court to another and her request for a transfer can be declined only if there are "weighty reasons".

The Allahabad High Court has said matrimonial disputes are often being "exaggerated manifold" with allegations of dowry-related atrocities.

A 48-year-old man from Punjab has been arrested allegedly for raping a woman he met through a matrimonial website, Faridabad police said on Tuesday.

Amazed over the filing of 60 cases against each other by a separated couple in the last 41 years, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked them to go for mediation to settle the dispute, saying the "ingenuity"of lawyers has to be "marked".

The Supreme Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a man and a woman in a dowry harassment case noting that the family members of the husband are being made accused in matrimonial disputes by making casual reference to them in FIR.

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.

The Delhi High Court has ruled that a woman repeatedly leaving her matrimonial home, without any fault of her husband is an act of mental cruelty.

An executive of a Gurugram-based consulting firm was defrauded of about Rs 38 lakh by a woman who befriended him through a matrimonial site, police said.

The police have registered a case against a Noida-based man for allegedly sexually exploiting a 24-year-old women he met on a matrimonial website, and threatening to release her personal photos and videos, officials said on Monday.

In a bizarre case, a man was allowed by a court here to give Rs 55,000 in 1 and 2 rupee coins to his wife as maintenance dues for 11 months after his family brought the money filled in seven sacks to the court following his arrest for non-payment.

The High Court of Karnataka passed an interim order of stay on the complaint filed by a woman, alleging among other things, rape, by her husband with whom she lived for only one day.

Children are treated like "chattel" or movable property in matrimonial disputes, Bombay High Court said while directing a woman to come to India from Thailand with her 15-year-old son so that he can meet his father and siblings.

A crypto scammer reportedly connected with a Mumbai-based woman on a matrimonial site last year and stole Rs. 24 lakh from her. The conman told the victim that he was a US-based engineer, convinced her to invest in a crypto firm. He later connected her to a ‘guide’, who was set up to assist the woman with her investments.

The High Court of Karnataka has disallowed a Family Court's order to a mobile service provider to submit the call details and mobile tower details of a third party in a matrimonial case between a couple.

Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said Supreme Court has decided that all the 13 benches will hear 10 transfer petitions pertaining to matrimonial disputes and equal number of bail petitions daily in a bid to lessen the pendency of cases.

The Delhi High Court has said that the convenience of wife has to be seen more while deciding a plea for transfer of a matrimonial case from one court to another and her request for a transfer can be declined only if there are "weighty reasons".

The Allahabad High Court has said matrimonial disputes are often being "exaggerated manifold" with allegations of dowry-related atrocities.

A 48-year-old man from Punjab has been arrested allegedly for raping a woman he met through a matrimonial website, Faridabad police said on Tuesday.

Amazed over the filing of 60 cases against each other by a separated couple in the last 41 years, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked them to go for mediation to settle the dispute, saying the "ingenuity"of lawyers has to be "marked".

The Supreme Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a man and a woman in a dowry harassment case noting that the family members of the husband are being made accused in matrimonial disputes by making casual reference to them in FIR.