Supreme Court Transfers Divorce Case to Wife’s Location: Sharmila Bagchi vs. Sourav Gangopadhayay (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Transfer of a matrimonial dispute case. CASE TYPE: Family Law. Case Name: Sharmila Bagchi @ Gangopadhayay vs. Sourav Gangopadhayay. [Judgment Date]: January 18, 2022 Date of the Judgment: January 18, 2022. Citation: Not Available. Judges: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surya […]
Supreme Court settles mental cruelty as grounds for divorce in Army Officer’s case: Joydeep Majumdar vs. Bharti Jaiswal Majumdar (2021) INSC 78 LEGAL ISSUE: Whether making malicious complaints against a spouse to their superiors and other authorities constitutes mental cruelty sufficient for divorce. CASE TYPE: Matrimonial Law Case Name: Joydeep Majumdar vs. Bharti Jaiswal Majumdar
Supreme Court Grants Divorce Based on Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage: R. Srinivas Kumar vs. R. Shametha (2019) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether a marriage can be dissolved based on the ground of irretrievable breakdown, even if one party does not consent. CASE TYPE: Matrimonial Law Case Name: R. Srinivas Kumar vs. R. Shametha Judgment Date: 04 October
Supreme Court Allows Mother to Keep Child in India, Overturns Delhi High Court Order LEGAL ISSUE: International Child Custody and Habeas Corpus; CASE TYPE: Family Law; Case Name: Mrs. Kanika Goel vs. State of Delhi and Anr.; Judgment Date: 20 July 2018 Date of the Judgment: 20 July 2018 Citation: (2018) INSC 647 Judges: Dipak
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Supreme Court Refuses Anti-Suit Injunction in Matrimonial Dispute: Dinesh Singh Thakur vs. Sonal Thakur LEGAL ISSUE: Whether an Indian court can grant an anti-suit injunction to restrain a party from pursuing a divorce petition in a foreign court when a divorce petition is already pending in India. CASE TYPE: Matrimonial Dispute, Civil Case Name: Dinesh
Introduction Date of the Judgment: September 26, 2008 Judges: C.K. Thakker, J., D.K. Jain, J. Can a High Court transfer cases from a court subordinate to it to another court subordinate to a different High Court? The Supreme Court addressed this question in Durgesh Sharma v. Jayshree, concerning the jurisdiction and authority to transfer legal
Date of the Judgment: September 11, 2008 Citation: Where available, provide the case citation in the Indian Supreme Court (INSC) format. Judges: Justice B.N. Agrawal and Justice G.S. Singhvi Can a divorce petition be transferred to a different district for the convenience of the parties involved? The Supreme Court addressed this question in the case
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