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Tuesday, October 14, 2025
TopicDivorce laws

Topic: Divorce laws

‘Children not pawns’: Calcutta HC rolls out framework to ensure judicial uniformity in custody matters

Guidelines lay out joint parenting norms, visitation schedules to transform custody litigation from contest of parental rights into process centred around children’s emotional developmental needs.

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.

Woman throws Divorce Mubarak song-and-dance party. Pakistani men gasp with ‘Best wishes for BHAI’

An entrepreneur in US, Shehrose Noor Mohammad danced to Bollywood tunes at a party sponsored by her friends. People targeted her, saying there's nothing celebratory about divorce, which 'shakes Allah's throne'.

Secular over personal law? SC to decide if a divorced Muslim woman can seek maintenance under CrPC

Muslim man moved apex court over Telangana High Court direction to pay Rs 10,000 interim maintenance to his former wife. SC bench appoints amicus curiae.

UCC could be around the corner, but divorce still comes in many colours in India

Amidst the heated debate surrounding the Uniform Civil Code, a look at the diverse laws currently governing divorce and maintenance across different religious communities in India.

Divorce isn’t the problem. Staying in bad marriage for the sake of kids is

Dhanush and Aishwaryaa ending their marriage prompted many Indians to invoke the responsibility they have towards their kids. After all, divorce in India is everyone's business.

Married woman living with another man without divorce not entitled to protection — Allahabad HC

Petitioners Asha Devi and Suraj Kumar had moved the court contending that they both are adults 'living as husband and wife', and so no one should interfere in their lives.

Refusal to wear sakha, sindoor signals woman’s unwillingness to accept marriage: Gauhati HC

The High Court allowed a man's appeal against a family court order that didn't grant him permission to divorce his wife.

Not western media, Imran Khan should blame the clergy for Pakistan’s rising divorce rate

The injustice to one half of the population, dependent upon the goodwill of the other half, is the most glaring example of social inequality.

Leprosy no longer grounds for divorce

Parliament passed the Personal Laws (Amendment) Bill which removes the disease as grounds for divorce under five personal laws, including the Hindu Marriage Act.

On Camera

India’s Ashram Industrial Complex is being held up by three pillars

Babas fill a gap in society—the dignity and sense of belonging, however illusory, that organised religion has failed to provide so many Indians.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.