Facts in Brief: The current petitioner is filed by a woman for the dissolution of marriage on the ground of cruelty and adultery under Section 10 of the Indian Divorce act. The complainant, who was born a Hindu, converted to Christianity before marrying the respondent on December 29, 1985, in Read more…
Introduction: Marriage is an extremely private affair. It’s a personal choice to either continue or end it. In our society, the concept of cohabiting together is so imbibed especially in Hindu society that it never fails to scrutinize and stigmatize divorce. Divorce is not abnormal or a violation of customs. With Read more…
Introduction: Former President of South Africa and Revolutionary Nelson Mandela once said: “Freedom cannot be achieved unless women have been emancipated from all kinds of oppression”. Indian Society has been working on the basis of a patriarchal system. Women have faced a lot of disparity for several decades as men Read more…
Introduction: ‘Adultery’ has been derived from the Latin word ‘adulterium’ which means ‘to corrupt’. The dictionary meaning of adultery is the act of having sexual relations by a man with a married woman, to whom he is not married. But the legal definition of adultery is different in different cultures. Read more…
Introduction Adultery and its legal perspectives have been always in target question of the Indian courts. This 150-year-old law in India was bestowed upon us by the British India Company, under section 497 of Indian Penal Code, 1860. However, after the independence of India, the validity of the same section Read more…