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Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Partition Suit Based on Daughter's Inheritance Rights Under Pre-1956 Hindu Law. Property Deemed Self-Acquired, Daughter Inherits by Succession, Not Survivorship, Under Mitakshara Principles, Leading to Partition Decree for Appellants.

The dispute arose from a partition suit filed by Thangammal, claiming a 1/5th share in properties originally owned by Marappa Gounder. The suit was di...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeals in Partition Suit, Upholding High Court's Decree on Property Shares and Invalidating Compromise. Legal Heirs' Dispute Over Ancestral and Self-Acquired Properties Resolved with Shares Determined Under Hindu Law, and Compromise Set Aside Under Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.

The litigation originated from a partition suit filed by Charulata Sahoo (plaintiff) against her brother Prafulla Sahoo (defendant No. 1) and sister S...

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Supreme Court Upholds Husband in Divorce Case Based on Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage Under Article 142 of Constitution. Marriage Dissolved as Parties Lived Apart for Almost Two Decades and Reconciliation Was Impossible, Despite Lack of Statutory Ground in Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.

The dispute involved a husband and wife who married in 2002 under Hindu rites, but the marriage never consummated and broke down immediately, with the...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Divorce on Ground of Desertion After 21 Years of Separation — Marriage Held to Be Dead and Irretrievably Broken Down. Long separation of 21 years and wife's failure to explain desertion established wilful desertion under Section 13(1)(ib) of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.

The appellant-husband, K. Mallikarjuna, filed a petition under Section 13(1)(ib) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, seeking divorce from his wife, H. A....

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Appeal and Upholds Nullity of Marriage Due to Prior Subsisting Marriage. Suppression of Previous Marriage and Lack of Divorce Renders Second Marriage Void Under Section 5(i) Read with Section 11 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.

The appellant, Priya Jethani, and the respondent, Hitesh Sawlani, were married on 24 December 2013 in Nagpur according to Sindhi customs. After marria...

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Supreme Court Affirms Interim Maintenance for Wife and Son in Matrimonial Dispute. Court Frames Guidelines on Maintenance Under Section 125 Cr.P.C. and Other Enactments to Ensure Uniformity and Consistency.

The case arises from an application for interim maintenance filed by the wife and minor son under Section 125 Cr.P.C. The wife left the matrimonial ho...

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Bombay High Court Allows Second Appeal in Partition Suit, Sets Aside Concurrent Findings. Court holds that second wife and her children are entitled to share in joint family property as coparceners under Hindu Succession Act, 1956.

The case involves a partition suit filed by the first wife and her daughters against the husband and his second wife and children. The trial court and...

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Bombay High Court Allows Section 9 Petition for Interim Relief in Family Settlement Dispute. Court grants status quo order to protect assets pending arbitration under family settlement agreement.

The petitioner, Mukesh J. Shah, filed an Arbitration Petition under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, seeking interim relief pe...

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Bombay High Court Allows Wife's Appeal Against Divorce Decree in Cruelty Case, Sets Aside Dissolution of Marriage. Husband's Petition for Nullity on Ground of Fraud Dismissed as Suicidal Tendency Not Concealed.

The case involves an appeal by the wife against the judgment and order dated 26.08.2011 passed by the Family Court No.3, Nagpur, which dissolved the m...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Second Appeal in Adoption Dispute — Concurrent Findings of Nullity Upheld. Adoption of Minor by Widow Without Husband's Consent and Without Registered Deed Held Void Under Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956.

The appellant, Basavaraj alias Shivabasappa, a minor represented by his natural father, filed a second appeal under Section 100 of the Code of Civil P...