Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 24 -- Maintenance pendente lite - Husband earning Rs.45,000 pm as his carry home salary - Wife on the other hand has no source of income to sustain herself - Even though husband has his parents and his sisters to look after, husband thus, duty bound to maintain his wife even during pendency of petition filed by him u/s 13 of Hindu Marriage..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 5 -- Validity of marriage - Marriage of Christian wife with Hindu husband - Wife embraced Hinduism before marrying with Hindu husband - Before marriage of parties, all rites and ceremonies for change of religion of wife were also performed - Marriage between parties held, valid...........
Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, Section 19 -- Widow daughter-in-law - Maintenance by father-in-law - Widow daughter-in-law is entitled to be maintained by her father-in-law in case she is unable to maintain herself out of her own earning or other property and in case she has no property of her own and she is unable to obtain maintenance out of estate of her..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 29(2) -- Customary divorce - Validity of a customary divorce does not depend upon positive or negative opinion given by a party and it has to be determined to be so by Court of law...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 29(2) -- Customary divorce - If there is a pleading that first marriage was dissolved by following a custom or usage applicable to or prevailing in community of party pleading, custom or usage must be proved to have acquired force of law by its consistent following by members of that community and that it is not unreasonable or against..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 29(2) -- Customary divorce - Entry in notary register regarding execution of divorce deed - Would not itself prove contents of divorce deed and also fact that divorce deed was executed as per custom or usage and having force of law, which facts are required to be proved independently through evidence of those having personal knowledge of..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 11, 5(i) -- Annulment of marriage - Subsistence of prior marriage of wife at the time of marriage with husband - Plea of customary divorce taken by wife - Wife admitted her first marriage and her first husband was alive at the time of her second marriage - There is no pleading about dissolution of first marriage of wife as per custom..........
Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Section 22 -- Scope - Provision of S.22 of the Act operates in respect of succession to agricultural lands in the State of Himachal Pradesh...........
Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Section 22 -- Preferential right given to an heir - Applicable to even agricultural land...........
Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Section 22 -- Preferential right given to an heir - Succession to agricultural land - If any of heir is desirous of transferring his interest in property that he received by way of succession, preferential right was conferred upon remaining heirs...........
