The Gauhati High Court has ruled that a healthy and able-bodied husband must legally support his wife, dismissing excuses of financial incapability as baseless under Section 125 CrPC.
The Allahabad High Court has ordered a man to either pay maintenance to his children or undergo a DNA test to prove he is not their father, emphasizing the importance of resolving paternity disputes for child welfare.
The Kerala High Court has ruled that a husband’s constant comparison of his wife to other women amounts to cruelty and is valid grounds for divorce. The court emphasized that such behavior causes mental suffering that no wife should endure.
The Chhattisgarh High Court ruled that custody of a girl aged 10-15 should be with her mother, citing the special care required during puberty that a father may not provide. The court emphasized the welfare of the child as paramount.
The Delhi High Court upheld a family court’s decision to allow a mother to take her child on a nine-day trip to Malaysia, emphasizing the child’s welfare as the primary concern in custody matters.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court ruled that a wife living in adultery cannot claim permanent alimony. This decision came after upholding a divorce decree based on the grounds of adultery and cruelty.
The Karnataka High Court has ruled that a husband’s false allegations of adultery against his wife constitute mental cruelty, overturning a previous divorce decree and imposing a fine on the husband for his conduct.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court granted a divorce to a man, citing the wife’s cruelty in tutoring their daughter against him and highlighting the severe impact of parental alienation on mental health.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court ruled that a single false complaint can constitute matrimonial cruelty, resulting in divorce and requiring the husband to pay ₹20 lakh as permanent alimony.
The Karnataka High Court has doubled the maintenance for a stay-at-home wife to ₹36,000, highlighting that taking care of children is a full-time job. The decision comes after dismissing the husband’s claim that his wife was “lazing around.”
