Case law
Short, neutral summaries of judgements on maintenance, custody, divorce and related matters — general information only, not legal advice, and not a substitute for reading the full order or speaking to an advocate about your own case.
Child Welfare Committee — Adoption Outside the Statutory Pro · 31 Jul 2026
The petitioners challenged a 25 May 2026 order of the Child Welfare Committee, Chandrapur, which took custody of a minor child from them and gave it to the biol…
High Court of Judicature at Bombay · Criminal Writ Petition No. 530 of 2026 · PDF available
Maintenance — Section 125(4) CrPC Adultery Bar · 31 Jul 2026
The parties married in 2014. In 2020, amid strained relations, the wife left the matrimonial home along with the couple's child and certain valuables, and later…
Supreme Court of India · 2026 LiveLaw (SC) 748 · PDF available
Child Custody, Guardianship & Evidence · 31 Jul 2026
In a custody dispute over a minor child, one parent sought to produce authenticated private chat records showing that the other parent was actively abusing drug…
High Court of Judicature at Madras
Paternity — Consent for Adult DNA Testing · 30 Jul 2026
In 1994, a woman had filed a maintenance suit under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, claiming to be the petitioner's wife and seeking maintenance for her…
High Court of Gujarat · 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 208 · PDF available
Section 125 CrPC — Live-In Partner · 29 Jul 2026
The revisionist approached the High Court against an order of the Principal Judge, Family Court, Kaushambi. That court had granted maintenance under Section 125…
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad · 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 495; Criminal Revision No. 3086 of 2025 · PDF available
Custody · 28 Jul 2026
Amid ongoing matrimonial discord, the wife filed an FIR alleging kidnapping under Section 363 IPC against the husband after he took physical custody of his mino…
High Court of Jharkhand · 2026 LiveLaw (Jhr) · PDF available
Section 498A · 26 Jul 2026
Criminal proceedings were initiated amidst financial and matrimonial disputes. The High Court noticed clear abuse of judicial process during appellate proceedin…
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad · 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 467 · PDF available
Section 125 CrPC — Interim Maintenance, Child and Employed W · 23 Jul 2026
The couple married in 2010 and have a daughter. The mother sought maintenance under Section 125 CrPC, alleging harassment over a dowry demand and that she had t…
High Court of Madhya Pradesh (Gwalior Bench) · 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 291; 2026:MPHC-GWL:21520; CRR-3577-2024 · PDF available
Maintenance · 22 Jul 2026
In prior child custody proceedings, the wife successfully secured custody by demonstrating to the court that she was financially independent and capable of main…
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
Maintenance · 22 Jul 2026
The wife resided in the US and earned a salary substantially higher than her husband who was working in India. She demanded ₹1 Lakh per month as maintenance, cl…
High Court of Judicature at Bombay · 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 339 · PDF available
Section 498A · 22 Jul 2026
The first wife registered a criminal complaint under Section 498A IPC against her husband and named a woman accused of being his second wife, alleging cruelty a…
High Court of Andhra Pradesh · 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 145 · PDF available
Divorce · 22 Jul 2026
The husband and wife jointly petitioned for divorce by mutual consent after settling all terms. The trial court dismissed their petition solely because the part…
High Court at Calcutta · PDF available
Divorce · 21 Jul 2026
The wife persistently refused to resume cohabitation, deprived the husband of matrimonial consortium, and demanded an exorbitant lump-sum amount of ₹2 Crores as…
High Court of Chhattisgarh · 2026 LiveLaw (Chh) 74 | FA (MAT) No. 287 of 2025 · PDF available
Domestic Violence Act — Domestic Incident Report · 20 Jul 2026
A wife filed an application under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act seeking protection, residence and maintenance orders after di…
High Court of Delhi · 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 667; CRL.M.C. 1132/2022 · PDF available
Divorce — Section 13B HMA & POCSO · 20 Jul 2026
A husband and wife jointly filed a petition for divorce by mutual consent under Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act. While it was pending, the trial judge — w…
High Court at Calcutta · 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 293; FA 46 of 2026 · PDF available
Maintenance — Section 24 HMA During Appeal · 15 Jul 2026
A Family Court had directed a husband, a serving Army officer, to pay interim maintenance to his wife at 30% of his gross salary during divorce proceedings unde…
High Court of Delhi · 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 654; MAT.APP.(F.C.) 306/2025 · PDF available
Section 125 CrPC — Child Maintenance Between Working Parents · 14 Jul 2026
In August 2025 the Family Court refused the mother interim maintenance but granted ₹3,000 a month for the child. The mother told the High Court that the child's…
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad · 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 418 · PDF available
Child Custody — Habeas Corpus, Child Below Five · 13 Jul 2026
The couple married in August 2021, and a son was born on 12 May 2023. The mother said relatives of her husband harassed her for dowry, that her husband, alleged…
High Court of Punjab and Haryana · 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 232; CRWP-4952-2026 · PDF available
Custody · 10 Jul 2026
Amid marital discord, the mother heavily tutored the 5-year-old minor daughter to level false sexual abuse allegations against the father in an attempt to deny …
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad · PDF available
Maintenance · 9 Jul 2026
The wife left the matrimonial home and claimed maintenance, contending that the husband paid greater attention and care to his aged parents and family members r…
High Court of Madhya Pradesh (Indore Bench) · 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 258 · PDF available
Domestic Violence Act — Effect of Divorce Decree · 7 Jul 2026
The parties married in 2017 and later moved to Ghaziabad. The husband sued for divorce under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act on grounds of cruelty, allegin…
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad · 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 373 · PDF available
Senior Citizens & Parents' Welfare · 3 Jul 2026
A senior citizen approached the Maintenance Tribunal under Section 23 of the Senior Citizens Act seeking cancellation of a sale deed executed between two third …
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad · 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 348 · PDF available
Adoption — CARA NOC for HAMA Adoption · 2 Jul 2026
An Overseas Citizen of India couple residing in Australia adopted a minor child under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. The Australian Department o…
High Court of Delhi · 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 610; W.P.(C) 13156/2025 · PDF available
Section 498A IPC — Relatives Living Abroad · 25 Jun 2026
The complainant married in July 2022, and after the marriage turned bitter she filed a dowry harassment case against her husband and in-laws, registered in 2024…
High Court of Karnataka · 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 229; Criminal Petition No. 10716 of 2024 · PDF available
Surrogacy Act — Parentage and Custody Orders · 25 Jun 2026
A couple married in 2005 lost their son to cardiac arrest in 2024, and, as the wife has no uterus, decided to have a child through surrogacy. The appropriate au…
High Court of Judicature at Madras · 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 281; CRL RC No. 950 of 2026 · PDF available
Section 498A · 24 Jun 2026
The wife lodged a cruelty and dowry harassment case against the husband and his parents. The parents faced trial first and were fully acquitted because the pros…
High Court of Andhra Pradesh · 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 105 · PDF available
Child Custody — Overnight Access · 22 Jun 2026
A Family Court's interim order permitted a father overnight custody of his minor son for a short period, while itself noting that the child had never previously…
High Court of Delhi · 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 583; MAT.APP.(F.C.) 213/2026 · PDF available
Other · 19 Jun 2026
The wife sought a right of residence under Section 17 & 19 of the DV Act in property exclusively owned by her sister-in-law, even after the husband had vacated …
High Court of Delhi · 2026 SCC OnLine Del 4611
Section 125 CrPC — Wife and Children's Maintenance · 17 Jun 2026
The wife said her husband, a retired Army man, stopped maintaining marital relations, later told her he had married another woman, and in January 2020 assaulted…
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad · 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 337; Criminal Revision No. 1370 of 2024 · PDF available
Section 498A IPC — Relatives Without Specific Acts · 12 Jun 2026
The parties married in June 2015 and have a son born in 2016. The prosecution alleged that the husband ill-treated and assaulted his wife, developed intimacy wi…
High Court of Judicature at Madras (Madurai Bench) · 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 253; Crl.O.P.(MD) No. 2451 of 2024 · PDF available
Child Custody — Psychological Evaluation of Children · 11 Jun 2026
In a long-running custody, visitation and parental access dispute, the Supreme Court considered when courts may order psychological or psychiatric evaluation of…
Supreme Court of India · 2026 LiveLaw (SC) 618; SLP(C) Nos. 18701-18702/2024 · PDF available
Divorce — Adultery and Mental Cruelty · 1 Jun 2026
The parties married on 16 November 2021 and have no children. The husband, a Navy personnel, sought divorce alleging his wife was quarrelsome, neglected marital…
High Court of Punjab and Haryana · 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 176
Special Marriage Act — Divorce Within One Year of Marriage · 29 May 2026
A couple of different faiths married under the Special Marriage Act on 25 August 2025. According to the parties, when the marriage was disclosed it caused sever…
High Court of Delhi · 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 553; 2026:DHC:4767-DB; MAT.APP.(F.C.) 60/2026 · PDF available
Divorce · 19 May 2026
During separation, the wife arranged and conducted the marriage of their daughter without giving any prior intimation or invitation to the father, completely de…
High Court of Judicature at Madras · 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 215 · PDF available
Divorce · 19 May 2026
The husband, a CRPF constable stationed away on border duty, alleged that his wife had developed an illicit relationship with another man in their village. The …
High Court of Judicature at Madras · CMA No. 2264 of 2022 | 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 214 · PDF available
Succession — Daughters' Rights Under Section 8 · 15 May 2026
A man died intestate in 1985, leaving behind his widow, three daughters and four sons. The sons carried out an oral partition among themselves and later, in 200…
Supreme Court of India · 2026 LiveLaw (SC) 506 · PDF available
Senior Citizens Act — Eviction Upheld · 15 May 2026
A residential property stood in the name of an octogenarian mother, whose son, daughter-in-law and grandson lived there with her and her husband, also an octoge…
High Court of Rajasthan · 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 173 · PDF available
Senior Citizens Act — Shared Household v. Peaceful Residence · 13 May 2026
After her husband died in February 2020, a widow and her adult son continued living in her in-laws' house, and disputes later arose over family properties, LIC …
High Court of Delhi · 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 492 · PDF available
Divorce — Wife-Specific Ground, Section 13(2)(iii) HMA · 11 May 2026
A litigant appearing in person filed a public interest petition under Article 32 challenging Section 13(2)(iii) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, which allows on…
Supreme Court of India · W.P.(C) No. 460/2026
Section 125 CrPC — Impleadment of Third Parties · 5 May 2026
The first wife challenged a Family Court order that denied her maintenance while granting ₹10,000 each to the two children of the marriage. While her revision w…
High Court of Delhi · 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 473; CRL.REV.P.(MAT.) 171/2024 · PDF available
Section 498A · 5 May 2026
Following marital separation, the wife lodged an FIR under Section 498A IPC alleging dowry harassment on the ground that the husband and in-laws had sold the ma…
High Court of Himachal Pradesh · Cr.MMO No. 1083 of 2025 · PDF available
Maintenance · 28 Apr 2026
The wife, a highly qualified medical doctor, sought interim maintenance while voluntarily choosing not to work or earn income in order to financially strain the…
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad · PDF available
Custody · 28 Apr 2026
The working mother, who lived in paying guest (PG) accommodation without an extended family support system or dedicated care arrangements during work hours, sou…
High Court of Punjab and Haryana
Domestic Violence Act — Restoration on Default · 25 Apr 2026
An application under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act was dismissed by a Magistrate for default, after the complainants repeated…
High Court of Kerala · 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 224; OP(Crl) 922 of 2024 · PDF available
Domestic Violence Act — Power to Vacate Order · 22 Apr 2026
While deciding an application under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, a Magistrate had passed an injunction restraining the alie…
High Court of Kerala · 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 216; Crl.R.P. No. 555 of 2025 · PDF available
Criminal Law — False Promise of Marriage · 20 Apr 2026
The complainant said she was married in 1998 and had been living apart from her husband since 2012. In 2017, before her divorce was finalised, she created a pro…
Supreme Court of India · 2026 LiveLaw (SC) 459; SLP (Crl.) No. 2260/2026 · PDF available
Custody · 17 Apr 2026
Maternal relatives filed a Habeas Corpus writ petition alleging that the father had forcefully taken and illegally detained his minor Hindu child.
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad · 2026 AHC 79268 · PDF available
Settlement Finality — Article 142 Divorce · 13 Apr 2026
The parties, married in 2000, separated around 2022-23, after which the husband filed a contested divorce petition. On a reference to court-supervised mediation…
Supreme Court of India · 2026 INSC 360; Criminal Appeal No. 1924 of 2026 · PDF available
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