DOWRY HARASSMENT

U/S 498A IPC, Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty.Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such woman to cruelty shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and...

MAINTENANCE OF WIFE/CHILDREN/PARENTS

The obligation of a husband to maintain his wife arises out of the status of the marriage. Right to maintenance forms a part of the personal law. Under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), the right of maintenance extends not only to the wife and...

RESTITUTION OF CONJUGAL RIGHTS

Conjugal rights are rights created by marriage, i.e., right of the husband or the wife to the society of the other spouse. Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act recognizes one aspect of conjugal rights- the right to have matrimonial relations and obligations. If the...

ANTICIPATORY/REGULAR BAIL

When a person has reason to believe that he can be arrested on an accusation of having committed a non-bailable or bailable offence, he may apply to the High Court or the Session court for anticipatory bail after FIR has been lodged. Premature FIR can be rejected....

SUIT FOR DECLARATION

A declaration is the most common civil suits filed by the lawyers. Section 34 &35 of the Specific Relief Act lay down the law relating to declaratory decrees. A declaratory decree is a decree declaratory of a right which is doubtful or which required to be cleared...

WILL/GIFT DEED/ TRANSFER DEED/SUIT FOR DECLARATION

A judicial Separation is a legal way to separate from the spouse, without filing a divorce case. If because of any personal or social reason the parties do not want divorce, they can proceed for judicia separation, the parties remain married, but their separation is...