Tag: Family Law

Ensuring Dignity Supreme Court Rules Maintenance Claims Take Priority Over Financial Obligations

Ensuring Dignity: Supreme Court Rules Maintenance Claims Take Priority Over Financial Obligations

Thursday December 12, 2024. BY Rahul Sundaram | Insolvency & Bankruptcy

Introduction The Supreme Court of India has once again emphasized the paramount importance of the right to maintenance by declaring it superior to statutory financial claims under laws like the SARFAESI Act and the Insolvency

Supreme Court: Straight Jacket formula cannot be applied for granting the divorce on the ground of Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage under Article 142 of the Constitution of India

Monday October 16, 2023. BY Zoheb Khatri | Civil

In a recent judgement[1], the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India held that the straight jacket formula cannot be applied to granting the divorce by exercising its discretion under Article 142 for dissolving the Marriage between

Grant of Divorce No Right, But Discretion - Supreme Court

Grant Of Divorce On Ground Of Irretrievable Breakdown Of Marriage Is Not A Matter Of Right, But A Discretion Under Article 142: Supreme Court

Monday May 29, 2023. BY BY CHITRANG GAMOTH | Civil

The Constitutional bench of the Hon’ble Supreme Court (SC)[1] recently held that Article 142(1) of the Constitution of India can be invoked to depart from the procedure and statutory provisions of law to establish ‘complete