The Kerala High Court delivered a significant judgment addressing whether an individual's wish to donate their body after death should be honored, even when family members object. This case examines the legal and ethical dimensions of posthumous bodily autonomy and the extent to which personal decisions about one's own body can override familial preferences.

In this episode of Podcast Bites powered by IndiaLaw LLP, host Shreya Shukla discusses the Bombay High Court’s judgment in Warsha Eleekusumchand Javeri v. Rajan Suren Goregaonkar and Others, decided on 6 May 2026.

The issue of triple talaq has been contentious for a secular country like India where every religion has its own personal set of laws. But the controversy over the topic is due to communal tones...

Transfer of cases relating to Matrimonial Disputes from a court situated in a particular state to a court situated in another state, can only be done by the way of Transfer Petition...

I want to transfer my property equally between my three daughters.

As part of the settlement agreement for a divorce, a lump sum of ₹25 lakh is to be given to the wife ( ₹12.5 lakh has already been given at the time of the first motion in July 2019).

In a recent judgment, the Patna High Court has reaffirmed the legal principles governing the maintenance rights of a wife, even in the face of allegations of adultery.

In a significant ruling, the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Vibhor Garg vs. Neha, 2025 INSC 829, held that secretly recorded phone calls between spouses are admissible as evidence in divorce proceedings, thereby settling the law amidst conflicting judgments by various High Courts...

The Orissa High Court recently delivered a significant judgment in the case of Debabrata Debadas Palei v. Subhakanti Patra & Another, addressing critical questions...

The Delhi High Court in Smita Jina v. Amit Kumar Jina, decided on a case about dividing a home jointly owned by a husband and wife.

Matrimonial litigation between highly qualified professional spouses throws up questions that courts are increasingly called upon to answer: when both parties hold advanced degrees...

On 22 September 2025 a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court (Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar) closed the file on one of the longest-running matrimonial sagas in the National Capital's recent history

In the present case, the couple, two budding engineers were deeply in love got married on January 5, 2004, in Mumbai, after an eight-year-long courtship.

In a recent judgment pronounced by the Delhi High Court dismissed an appeal filed by Anita Sharma challenging a divorce decree granted in favour of her husband...

The institution of marriage in Indian society rests upon foundational principles of trust, transparency, and mutual consent. When these pillars are compromised through misrepresentation or fraud, the aggrieved party...

In the judgment of the High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan at Jodhpur, comprising Justice Arun Monga and Justice Sunil Beniwal, allowed the matrimonial appeal filed by Kiran Bishnoi...

The Patna High Court in the matter of Sanjay Kumar Shaw vs Smt. Anjali Kumari Shaw, has recently held that a spouse's schizophrenia cannot automatically be considered...

In a recent decision of Amardeep Singh vs. Harveen Kaur, the apex court had a chance to interpret the law regarding mandatory ‘cooling off' period ...

In a recent landmark judgment of Arun Rameshchand Arya vs. Parul Singh[1], the Supreme Court of India exempted a wife...

The statutory system of Hindu divorce which exists currently today has been greatly hindered by several contemporary dangers