Latest Family Law judgments, case updates and legal developments in India.
The Supreme Court held that in child custody matters, orders or decrees passed by foreign courts must yield to the paramount welfare of the child, and Indian co…
A Srinagar court has held that a woman cannot be expected to remarry merely to secure her livelihood after the breakdown of a matrimonial relationship. Granting…
The Calcutta High Court has directed a Child Welfare Committee (CWC) to return a three-year-old child to the couple who had raised him since birth, holding that…
The Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled that maintenance for a child with autism cannot automatically cease upon attaining the age of 18. The Court held that supp…
The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that an acquittal in a criminal case under Section 498A IPC does not prevent an aggrieved woman from pursuing remedies unde…
The Supreme Court ruled that once a wife voluntarily relinquishes all monetary and maintenance claims in a mutual consent divorce settlement agreement, she cann…
The Madras High Court has held that a person below 60 years of age who is not a parent cannot invoke the provisions of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents an…
The Calcutta High Court has ruled that courts cannot compel spouses seeking divorce by mutual consent to participate in mediation. The Court held that mediation…
The Delhi High Court has ruled that a wife cannot use the Right to Information (RTI) Act to obtain her husband's Income Tax Returns for use in maintenance proce…
