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Topic: Divorce

Talaq-e-Hasan under SC lens: A look at Muslim divorce practices & how courts have ruled before

SC quashed instant triple talaq in 2017 but left other forms of unilateral divorce, including Talaq-e-Hasan, untouched. Latter now under scrutiny for its place in ‘civilised society’.

‘Strikes at core of informed consent’: Marriage voidable if marital history concealed, says Delhi HC

Four kinds of marriages are considered voidable under Hindu Marriage Act: voidable due to impotency, legal defects, defect of consent due to fraud, or pre-existing pregnancy by another spouse.

India’s justice system won’t let dead marriages die. Prolonged divorce trials scarring spouses & kids

New Delhi: From spouses awaiting final decrees in divorce cases well into their twilight years, to children raised amid emotional turmoil due to prolonged...

Who is an ‘ideal Indian wife’? Madhya Pradesh High Court’s answer

Petty quibbles, trifling differences shouldn't be magnified to destroy what is said to have been 'made in heaven', HC observes.

‘Cooling period’ & scrutiny by district panel. SC upholds 2022 safeguards against misuse of 498A IPC

‘Cooling period’ & scrutiny by district panel. SC upholds 2022 safeguards against misuse of 498A IPC

Secretly recorded conversations between spouses can be used as evidence in divorce cases, rules SC

Reversing Punjab & Haryana HC order, Supreme Court said act of snooping itself was evidence of a deteriorating marriage & thus could not be ignored during legal proceedings.

What amounts to cruelty in Indian divorce cases—not wearing mangalsutra, sindoor

In 'Legally Yours', Manasi Chaudhari offers women a practical guide for understanding their legal rights and navigating the Indian judicial system.

‘Self-pleasure not forbidden fruit’ & wife watching porn not grounds for divorce, says Madras HC

HC rejects divorce plea that private masturbation constituted cruelty, says 'when masturbation among men acknowledged as universal, masturbation by women cannot be stigmatised'.

Don’t make people endure marriage. Not allowing divorce in Indian law is cruel: Hiren Mukherjee

On 17 September 1954, during a debate on the Special Marriage Bill, CPI MP Hirendranath Mukherjee argued that marriage as an institution must evolve to reflect human dignity and compassion.

Women need husband’s NOC to revert to maiden name due to legal issues, govt tells Parliament

MoS Tokhan Sahu says publication department revised the notification for name change in 2014 while keeping minimum essential requirement in place.

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At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

US pilot says his team pulled out of Dubai Air Show after Tejas crash out of respect for IAF pilot

Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.