Evidence Act, 1872, Section 122 -- Recorded conversation in between husband and wife - Law as to : (i) Provision of S.122 of the Act deals with admissibility of privileged communication made by a married person to a partner during subsistence of marriage; (ii) S.122 of the Act is worded in two parts: (a) Compellability and permissibility - Two parts are separate and have..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125, Family Courts Act, 1984, Section 7, 8, 20 -- Maintenance - Petitioner has never filed any matrimonial petition for annulment of his marriage with `S' either u/ss 11 or 12 of the Hindu Marriage Act and he has filed only a divorce petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act against `S' and it goes without saying that..........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 112 -- Maintenance to daughter - It would be pertinent to point out that as per Section 112 of Evidence Act that a child born during continuation of a valid marriage between his/her mother and any man, the child is held to be legitimate son/daughter of that man, unless it is shown by that man that he had no access to his wife at any time when..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 34 -- Abetment of suicide - Quashing chargesheet - Appellant along with her family did not attempt to put any pressure on the deceased to end the relationship between her and Babu Das - In fact, it was the deceased's family that was unhappy with the relationship - Even if the Appellant expressed her disapproval towards the marriage of..........
Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, Section 20, 3(b)(ii) -- Maintenance to daughter - Marriage expenses - As per Section 3(b)(ii) of the Act, in case of an unmarried daughter, maintenance include not only the reasonable expenses of marriages but also expenses incident to her marriage i.e. which are directly incurred for marriage and which are incurred indirectly or..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 16 -- Legitimacy of children born out of void and voidable marriage - Law as to: (i) In terms of S.16(1) of the Act, a child of a marriage which is null and void u/s 11 of Hindu Marriage Act is statutorily conferred with legitimacy irrespective of whether (a) such a child is born before or after the commencement of Amending Act 1976; (b) a..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 16 -- Applicability of S.16 of the Act - If a man and woman proved to have been having cohabitation over a long period of time, that cohabitation would produce a presumption favouring their marriage status and in such cases S.16 of the Act cannot be applied, unless there is contra evidence in support of voidability or nullity of marriage..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13B -- Divorce by mutual consent - Principles governing : (a) For a decree of divorce to be granted u/s 13-B of the Act consent of parties must be a continuous consent and must subsist till the date of decree; (b) Consent cannot be presumed by the court if one of the parties remain absent from the proceedings on one or more occasions; (c)..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 24 -- Maintenance pendente lite - Directions issued for expeditious hearing and disposal of application for maintenance pendente lite : (i) Format of affidavit and documents required to be filed alongwith the affidavit elaborated; (ii) Affidavit of assets, income and expenditure be treated as guidelines to determine the true income of the..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13B(2) -- Divorce by mutual consent - Court can waive waiting period of six months, after considering : (i) statutory period of six months specified in Section 13B(2), in addition to the statutory period of one year u/s 13B(1) of separation of parties is already over before the first motion itself; (ii) all efforts for..........
