MUTUAL DIVORCE

People get married to have a peaceful and enjoying life, but sometimes things do not happen the way we want. The best we can do is to get the divorce amicably or through mutual consent as this is the easiest way to get the divorce and minimize litigation time. We know...

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Domestic violence and emotional stress are behaviours used by one person in a relationship to harass the other one. As per a study, every 20 seconds, someone becomes a victim of domestic violence. A partner may be married or not married. Domestic violence act is for...

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....