Supreme Court Clarifies Powers Under Article 142 in Divorce Cases: Shilpa Sailesh vs. Varun Sreenivasan (2023) LEGAL ISSUE: Scope and extent of the Supreme Court’s power under Article 142 of the Constitution of India to grant divorce, including waiving the mandatory waiting period for mutual consent divorce and granting divorce in cases of irretrievable breakdown […]
Supreme Court Allows Withdrawal of Contempt Petition in Matrimonial Dispute: Sudhir Kumar Singh vs. Jaishri (2021) Date of the Judgment: December 09, 2021 Citation: Not Available Judges: Justice Sanjiv Khanna Can a contempt petition be withdrawn if the terms of an agreement are not met in a matrimonial dispute? The Supreme Court of India recently
LEGAL ISSUE: Whether filing false complaints and allegations by one spouse against the other constitutes cruelty under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. CASE TYPE: Divorce Law Case Name: Raj Talreja vs. Kavita Talreja Judgment Date: 24 April 2017 Introduction Can making false and defamatory allegations against a spouse amount to cruelty, thereby justifying a divorce?
