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High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Seeking Relief Under Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 - Relationship During Subsistence of Marriage Not Recognized as 'Relationship in Nature of Marriage'

The Petitioner, filed a Writ Petition seeking relief under Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (PWDVA, 2005) claiming her relationshi...

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Bombay High Court Allows DNA Test in Maintenance Case to Determine Paternity — Revisional Court Erred in Quashing Magistrate's Order Without Considering Prima Facie Evidence of Marriage and Cohabitation.

The petitioner, Madanaiah Durgam Chinna Kande, challenged the order of the Additional Sessions Judge, Chandrapur, dated 16th November 2021, which quas...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Husband's Appeal for Divorce on Grounds of Cruelty and Desertion, Upholds Family Court's Refusal to Grant Divorce. Filing of False Criminal Complaint by Wife Does Not Automatically Constitute Cruelty for Divorce Under Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.

The appellant husband, Dr. Santosh Shetty, filed a Family Court Appeal challenging the judgment and decree dated 25.11.2013 passed by the Family Court...

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High Court of Bombay at Goa Dismisses Wife's Appeal for Annulment of Marriage — Consent Not Vitiated by Fraud or Force. Registration of marriage under the Special Marriage Act, 1954 does not require a subsequent religious ceremony; failure to perform such ceremony does not invalidate consent.

The appellant, Yogita Kamlakant Chari, filed a Matrimonial Petition seeking annulment of her marriage with the respondent, Shekar P. Chari, on the gro...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Husband's Second Appeals in Matrimonial Dispute, Upholds Wife's Right to Maintenance and Conjugal Rights. Acquittal in criminal case does not automatically disentitle wife to civil reliefs under Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956.

The appellant husband and respondent wife married on 16 June 2002. Shortly after marriage, the wife alleged she was forced to leave the matrimonial ho...