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Mutual Consent Divorce

Taking a mutual consent divorce removes unnecessary quarrels and saves a lot of time and monetary resources. With the ever-rising number of applications being filed for divorce, mutual consent divorce is one of the best-given options.In cases of divorce, petitions filed by husband and wife mutually contending each other and they come to the court prior to the period of the statutory waiting period of six months. Now, by virtue of the judgment rendered by the honorable court in the case of Amardeep Singh, here in court as reported on 12 Sep 2017, according to this Supreme Court said that, yes…

The need and importance behind the making of a Will

At the point when an individual passes away without having made a Will, there is frequent perplexity around the relatives regarding whether the perished fellow has made any Will preceding his death or not, yet in the event that a Will is accessible, the main thing that needs to be determined is whether it is the last Will of the testator.The Will is always a highly personal document. It expresses the density of relationship that the deceased had with his family members during his life span. This highly confidential document deals with the feelings, expressions and the outlook of the dead…

Negligent children can be denied of property by parents - SC

Property is such an asset that it can very easily be a bone of contention among children and their parents. Parents make countless sacrifices while upbringing their children hoping that in the old age their children would care for them. But unfortunately, with drastic social changes and rapidly growing self-centredness, parents in their old age are mercilessly neglected by their children.As a result, the Apex Court of India has to come forward removing any misgiving about the claim of a share in the joint family property, the Supreme Court has held that the parents have every right to deny…

New Bill, new fears. The waiting game has begun when it comes to getting divorced

The proposed Marriage Law (Amendment) Bill that has provision of 50% share in husband’s property, including heritance, has witnessed 23% drop in divorce cases as ladies administer their legal advisors to go moderate on incidents.Women are playing the holding up diversion regarding the matter of getting divorced. In the past one and half year, divorce cases in the city of Mumbai alone fell by 23% contrasted with the comparing period a couple of years ago.Ladies have regulated their attorneys to back off processes till the Marriage Law (Amendment) Bill is passed in the Lok Sabha in the coming…

New definition of desertion in matrimonial disputes

From time to time, The Honourable Supreme Court of India has been giving some out-of-the-box rulings in the light of the issued raised. Continuing the same The Supreme Court (SC) has ruled that a spouse merely living separately does not amount to desertion. The aggrieved other spouse must prove that the estrangement wasn’t due to ill-treatment meted out by him or her.Under the Hindu Marriage Act, ‘desertion’ is one of the grounds for seeking divorce. SC had, in certain judgments, held that desertion amounts to cruelty. Ravi Kumar of Orissa was granted divorce by a family court. His wife Julmi…

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