A woman married under Muslim law shall be entitled to obtain a decree for the dissolution of her marriage on any one or more of the following grounds, namely: (i) that the […]
Divorce under the Muslim Law that parties could not live within the limits of God.
There is the well known incident in the case of Jameela, wife of Sabit Bin Kais, who hated her husband although the husband was extremely fond of her. It is said that […]
Difference between a Khula divorce and a Mubara’at divorce
Khula literally translates to ‘extinguishment’ in Arabic. See Radd-ul-Muhtar, Vol. II, p. 916. Khula is mentioned in the Quran in Chapter II, verse 229, and in Chapter IV, verse 127. For a […]
Union cabinet approved Triple Talaq Ordinance-makes it punishable offence
September 19, 2018 :- In a News brief the law minister said :
Ravi Shankar Prasad:
‘We have approved the ordinance on Triple Talaq’
‘We came to know about 430 Triple Talaq cases, 239 before the judgement and 201 after the judgement’
‘We always tried to have a word with Congress on this issue. I tried to have a word with Ghulam Nabi Azad five times but he refused to take any decision on this’
‘Sonia Ji being distinguished women leader did not take any action on this issue and she never supported us due to vote bank politics. I approached them 5-6 times’
‘Women of the Muslim community are helpless in our country. We came to know that major cases are coming from Uttar Pradesh. There was an urgency to bring this ordinance’
‘Under this ordinance, only the woman (victim) or her blood relatives can register a case’
‘Magistrate can appoint a bail but after consultations of the victim’
‘Mothers are entitled for maintenance of herself as well as her children from the accused with consultation of the magistrate’
‘Appeal to Sonia Ji, Mamata Ji, Mayawati Ji that you should think about humanity and not about vote bank politics’
Aviral Bhatla Vs Bhawana Bhatla[ALL SC 2009 FEBRUARY]
KEYWORDS:- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE-SETTLEMENT DATE:-18-02-2009 AIR 2009 SCW 6622 : (2009) 3 SCALE 120 : (2009) 3 SCC 448 (SUPREME COURT OF INDIA) Aviral Bhatla Appellant Versus Bhawana Bhatla Respondent (Before : Arijit […]
Pankaj Mahajan Vs Dimple @ Kajal[ALL SC 2011 SEPTEMBER]
KEYWORDS:-DIVORCE-MENTAL CRUELTY-INSANITY OF WIFE- DATE:-30-09-2011- “Husband had placed ample evidence on record that the Respondent-wife is suffering from “mental disorder” and due to her acts and conduct, she caused grave mental cruelty […]
Ranjit Kaur Vs Major Harmohinder Singh and Others[ALL SC 2011 NOVEMBER]
KEYWORDS:-EVICTION OF WIFE AFTER DECREE OF DIVORCE Date: 02-11-2011- “Even though, after passing of the decree of the divorce she may not have a legal right to continue to remain in possession […]
Anu Bhandari Vs. Pradip Bhandari [ALL SC 2018 MARCH]
KEYWORDS:- decree of divorce-SETTLEMENT- DATE: MARCH 5, 2018 Under Section 9 of the Family Courts Act, 1984, the Court has a duty to make an endeavour to assist and persuade the parties in arriving […]
Smt. Satya Vs Teja Singh [ ALL SC 1974 October]
Whether Indian Courts bound to give recognition to divorce decrees granted by foreign Courts? DATE:-Decided on : 01-10-1974- Whether a Hindu marriage solemnised within this country can be validly annulled by a […]
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