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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
TopicDivorce

Topic: Divorce

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.

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'.

‘No merit in appeal’: Delhi HC dismisses Omar Abdullah’s plea seeking divorce from estranged wife

The trial court had said Abdullah could not prove his claims of “cruelty” or “desertion” which were the grounds alleged by him for grant of decree of divorce.

Gautam Singhania to Kusha Kapila—celebrity divorce is everybody’s business in India

‘Karma!’ is now the chant on Twitter. Gautam Singhania first kicked out his father and is now suffering. His wife is leaving him and asking for 75 per cent of his wealth

Bombay HC says epilepsy not ‘cruelty’ by spouse, cannot be grounds for divorce

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay HC dismissed a plea by a 33-year-old man seeking divorce from his wife who has epilepsy.

Husband & wife closely related, Delhi HC declares 31-yr marriage void under Hindu law

Hindu Marriage Act prohibits marriage between 'sapindas' — those with common ancestor till 3rd generation on mother's side & 5th on father's.

Chhattisgarh HC says alcoholism ground for divorce under Hindu Marriage Act — ‘can amount to cruelty’

Court was hearing a woman’s appeal against a family court’s refusal to grant her divorce from husband whose neglect, she says, ranged from assault to not paying their kids' school fees.

SC can now grant divorce on grounds of ‘irretrievable breakdown of marriage’, waive 6-month waiting period

Ruling significant as this is not a ground for divorce under Hindu Marriage Act. Bench says SC can invoke Article 142 in both mutual consent cases & when one partner seeks divorce.

SC can grant divorce to couple on ‘ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage’

The bench said that it could exercise its powers under Article 142 of the Constitution and a mandatory 6-month waiting period for divorce through mutual consent can be dispensed.

‘Inflicts cruelty’: SC grants divorce to couple with ‘irretrievably broken’ marriage, separated for 25+ yrs

For first time, top court considers ‘irretrievable breakdown’ under cruelty clause as valid condition for divorce. As of now, it is not ground for divorce under Hindu Marriage Act.

On Camera

Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.