India - High Court of Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh High Court Upholds Divorce Decree Citing Cruelty And Desertion In Husband Appeal

Madhya Pradesh High CourtUpholdsDivorce DecreeCitingCrueltyAndDesertionIn Husband AppealTheMadhya Pradesh High Courtat Jabalpur, in a significant matrimonial ruling, has dismissed an appeal filed by a husband challenging adivorce decreegranted by theFamily Court in Khandwa. A Division Bench c...

30 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Jharkhand

Jharkhand High Court Orders Husband to Pay Thirty Lakh Rupees Alimony Post Marriage Dissolution

Jharkhand High Court Orders Husband to Pay Thirty Lakh Rupees Alimony Post Marriage DissolutionThe High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi has delivered a decisive judgment setting the permanent alimony of a divorced wife at ₹30 lakh. A Divisio...

29 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Allahabad

Allahabad High Court Grants Maintenance To Wife Despite Husband Concealing His First Subsisting Marriage

Allahabad High CourtGrantsMaintenanceTo Wife Despite Husband Concealing His FirstSubsisting MarriageIn a significant ruling emphasizing the purpose of theCode of Criminal Procedure(CrPC), theHigh Court of Judicature at Allahabadhas affirmed that a woman is entitled tomaintenanceunder Section ...

27 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Allahabad

Wives Need Not File Successive Execution Pleas for Maintenance, Rules Allahabad High Court in Judgment

Wives Need Not File Successive Execution Pleas forMaintenance, RulesAllahabad High Courtin JudgmentIn a landmark ruling aimed at curbing the systemic harassment of women seeking alimony, theHigh Court of Judicature at Allahabadhas ruled that a wife cannot be compelled to file successive execu...

27 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Calcutta

Calcutta High Court Grants Divorce Due to Irretrievable Breakdown Being Equivalent to Mental Cruelty

Calcutta High CourtGrants Divorce Due toIrretrievable BreakdownBeing Equivalent toMental CrueltyTheHigh Court at Calcutta, presided over by Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya and Justice Supratim Bhattacharya, has granted adecree of divorcein a long-standing matrimonial dispute. The court ruled...

25 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Bombay

High-Earning Professional Denied Spousal Maintenance by Bombay High Court in Recent Interim Order Ruling

High-Earning Professional Denied Spousal Maintenance byBombay High Courtin Recent Interim Order RulingTheHigh Court of Judicature at Bombayhas dismissed aninterim maintenanceapplication filed by a US-based professional seeking monthly support of ₹1 lakh from her former spouse. A division benc...

23 Jul 2026

India -

Gujarat HC Stays Divorce Decree Under Section 15 of Hindu Marriage Act

Gujarat HC Stays Divorce Decree Under Section 15 of Hindu Marriage ActThe High Court of Gujarat has issued a significant intervention in a matrimonial dispute, staying a divorce decree

15 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Delhi

Interim Maintenance Under Section 24 HMA Survives Divorce Decree Pending Appeal: Delhi High Court

Interim MaintenanceUnder Section 24 HMA SurvivesDivorce DecreePending Appeal:Delhi High CourtIn a significant ruling aimed at ensuring financial stability for spouses during legal battles, theDelhi High Courthas clarified thatinterim maintenancegranted under theHindu Marriage Act (HMA)does no...

15 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Kerala

Customary Divorce Must Be Proven With Clear Evidence of Antiquity and Continuity: Kerala High Court

Customary Divorce Must Be Proven With Clear Evidence of Antiquity and Continuity: Kerala High Court In a significant ruling clarifying the standards for proving customary practices under the Hindu Marriage Act, the High Court of Kerala recently addressed the legal requirements ...

29 Sep 2025

India - High Court of Kerala

Courts Cannot Presume Gold Entrustment Solely on Social Custom Without Evidence: Kerala High Court

Beyond Tradition:Kerala High CourtRaises the Bar for MatrimonialEntrustmentClaimsIn a significant judgment regardingmatrimonial disputes, the Division Bench of theKerala High Courtat Ernakulam has fundamentally narrowed the scope for courts to rely on social customs when adjudicating claims f...

14 Jul 2026