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INTRODUCTION In a recent judgment, the Supreme Court of India held that a divorced Muslim woman has the right to recover gifts given to her husband at the time of marriage. The decision strengthens women’s property rights under Muslim personal…

ABSTRACT In a recent judgment, the Delhi High Court upheld a decree of divorce on the ground of mental cruelty, holding that a wife’s wilful and persistent refusal to consummate the marriage amounted to cruelty under matrimonial law. The Court…

ABSTRACT In a recent decision, the Madhya Pradesh High Court upheld a decree of divorce on the ground of adultery, holding that a wife’s act of sending nude photographs to another man amounted to marital misconduct. The Court observed that…

ABSTRACT The Chhattisgarh High Court, in a recent decision, upheld a decree of divorce on the ground of cruelty where the wife was found to have concealed, for nearly a decade, the absence of menstruation prior to and during the…

ABSTRACT Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) is a social justice provision intended to prevent destitution of women and children. Indian courts have often interpreted this provision liberally to protect vulnerable partners in informal relationships. However,…

ABSTRACT The Allahabad High Court’s refusal to entertain a husband’s transfer petition after he had already secured an ex-parte decree of divorce marks a significant judicial stance against procedural abuse in matrimonial litigation. By characterizing the transfer attempt as indicative of an…

ABSTRACT In Kavita Arora v. Sanjay Arora and related appeals, a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court held that when a divorce petition is founded on the ground of adultery under Section 13(1)(i) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (“HMA”), impleading…

ABSTRACT On December 17, 2025, a Full Bench of the Delhi High Court delivered a landmark ruling clarifying the legal status of the one-year separation requirement prescribed under Section 13B(1) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (“HMA”). The Court held that this…

INTRODUCTION On December 11, 2025, a two-judge Bench of the Supreme Court of India delivered an unusual judgment in a matrimonial dispute, describing it as a “rare settlement” where the wife agreed to divorce by mutual consent without claiming monetary relief…

ABSTRACT The effectiveness of the service of summons is central to the administration of justice, particularly in quasi-criminal social welfare legislation such as the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (“DV Act”). The Act often involves respondents—especially husbands—residing…