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Self-Acquired Property of father on mortgage, can sons interfere with father’s right to dispose and deal with property? Sikkim HC explains

Sikkim High Court: If a father keeps his self-acquired property for the purpose of mortgage, can his sons interfere in the same?

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Custody of minor child, can it be determined on basis of work commitment of one parent and availability of ample time with another? Bom HC decides while determining question of custody, visitation rights and more

Love and affection of both parents is considered to be the basic human right of a child.

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Daughter turning major, will not be entitled to maintenance from father? Andhra Pradesh HC explains the law

Andhra Pradesh High Court: While explaining the law on whether father is obligated to provide maintenance to his daughter irrespective of the

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Maintenance amount being paid to son scaled-down, but period of maintenance increased: Supreme Court

Supreme Court: The Division Bench of Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud and MR Shah, JJ., modifies the maintenance amount being to a son.

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Delhi HC decides that Father’s obligation to maintain a child cannot end once he/she turns 18 years of age. Read why

Delhi High Court: Subramonium Prasad, J., while allowing in part the revision petition filed challenging the Family Court’s maintenance order made a

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Bom HC | Father rapes minor daughter, but conviction under S. 376(2) (i) IPC set aside. Why? Read Court’s opinion in light of S. 164 CrPC || Detailed Report

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of Prasanna B. Varale and S.M. Modak, JJ., while addressing the present matter expressed that:  “…relationship

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Bom HC | Can a daughter approach Family Court on behalf of her father to challenge validity of his marriage? OR only parties to marriage can challenge validity? Read in light of S. 7 of Family Courts Act

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of R.D Dhanuka and V.G. Bisht, JJ., addressed a concern wherein a daughter filed a petition

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Bom HC | Child commits suicide, mentions drinking habit of father in suicide note. Can the father be held liable for abetment to suicide? Law explained

Bombay High Court: V.M. Deshpande, J., held that merely drinking can never be an abetment for a person to commit suicide. The

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All HC | Man, principal accused in incident relating to wife’s death, seeking custody of minor children. Can the custody with maternal grandparents said to be illegal? Read on

Allahabad High Court: Dr Yogendra Kumar Srivastava, J., addressed a petition wherein petitioner is an accused of the offences lodged under Sections

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All HC | In minor’s custody case, where child is below 5 years of age, mother is preferred, but is there any exception to it? Court explains

“Human affairs can never be disposed of by a rubber stamp approach or the application, virtually of mathematical formulae.”

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Bom HC | Welfare of child as paramount consideration: Father of minor given custody for mother not being able to take care of the child

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of A.S. Chandurkar and N.B. Suryawanshi, JJ., determined the factors in regard to grant of custody of

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Bom HC | Whether unmarried daughter who is major by age, entitled to claim maintenance from father till her marriage? HC explains law in light of Hindu Adoption & Maintenance Act

Bombay High Court: Nitin W. Sambre, J., while setting aside the orders pronounced by the Courts below observed that, “the law already gives

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No Legal Rationale for Primacy – Revisiting Section 6(a) of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956

by Palak Maheshwari† and Aniket Pandey††

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Del HC | Not abnormal for a girl not to make complaint against her father; order discharging accused-father of offence of rape set aside

Delhi High Court: Observing that the trial court, in the present case, did not seem to be alive to realities, Sanjeev Sachdeva, J.

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A mother’s writ of habeas corpus denied as custody of child with the father is not illegal

Uttaranchal High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. dismissed a writ of habeas corpus filed by the petitioner-mother