Family Law

Parent who is denied custody of the child shall have right to talk to him or her every day

Harshit Sharma | Amity Law School, Madhya Pradesh | 22nd January 2020 Yashita Sahu V/s. State of Rajasthan & Ors. Criminal Appeal No. 127/2020 FACTS OF THE CASE The present petitioner was…

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Application of Guardianship of a minor is to filed in the Court under whose Territorial Jurisdiction the minor ordinarily resides.

Ronita Biswas | National Law University, Orissa | 20th January 2020 Sanchayita Deb (Guha) v. Susanta Deb (CO No. 3963 of 2018 with CO No. 3964 of 2018)  Facts Two…

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Property of Hindu male doesn’t remain the joint family property on his death

Harshit Sharma | Amity Law School, Madhya Pradesh | 13th January 2020 M Arumugam V/s.  Ammaniammal and Ors. Civil Appeal No. 8642/2009 FACTS OF THE CASE One Moola Gounder formed a coparcenary property…

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Transwomen comes under the ambit of expression “Bride”

Rabia Basaria | Panjab University, Chandigarh | 7th January 2020 Arunkumar vs The Inspector General of Registration (MADRAS HIGH COURT) W.P.(MD) No. 4125 OF 2019 AND W.M.P. (MD) No. 3220…

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Divorced on Ground of Adultery then, Wife is not entitled for Maintenance: Bombay High Court

Kritika Pandey | Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda | 28th December 2019 Sanjivani Ramchandra Kondalkar Vs State of Maharashtra & ors. Criminal Writ Petition No.2546 of 2016 FACTS: The parties…

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Adoption among Muslims- Whether permissible or not?

Gourav Kumar | School of Legal Studies, CMR University, Bangalore | 13th November 2019 Abstract Throughout history, adoption has held a contentious and ambiguous role in the social imagination of…

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SHAH BANO CASE

Shah Bano Case: Section 125 of Criminal Procedure Code is secular in nature

Charu Singhal | Bharati Vidyapeeth University | 20th October 2019 MOHD. AHMED KHAN V. SHAH BANO BEGUM DATE OF JUDGMENT: 23 April, 1985 CITATION: 1985 AIR 945, 1985 SCR (3)…

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MARITAL RAPE EXEMPTION – AN ANACHRONISTIC IMPUNITYMARITAL RAPE EXEMPTION – AN ANACHRONISTIC IMPUNITY

Marital Rape exemption – An anachronistic impunity

Chanchal Dhakad | National Law Institute University | 23rd October 2019 INTRODUCTION Marital rape is a disgraceful offence that has scarred the trust and confidence in the institution of marriage.…

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Merely because the marriage was void, a couple will not be deprived from seeking protection (P&H HC).

Rohit Pradhan | 14th October 2019 Navpreet Kaur and anr. v. State of Punjab, CWP No. 29048 of 2019 (O&M) Background The case was of a ‘runaway’ couple’ where they…

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