Matrimonial Archives - Page 4 of 12 - Supreme Court of India Judgements

September 18, 2025 12:49 am

Family Courts Act, 1984 – Sections 7, 10, 14, 15 and 15 – Jurisdiction of Family Court – Family Court does not have plenary powers to do away with the mandatory procedural requirements in particular, which guarantee fairness and transparency in the process to be followed and for adjudication of claims of both sides.

Mar 21, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH AMAN LOHIA — Appellant Vs. KIRAN LOHIA — Respondent ( Before : A.M. Khanwilkar, B.R. Gavai and Krishna Murari, JJ. ) Transferred Case (Civil)…

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Matrimonial Law – Restitution of conjugal rights – Wronged party cannot be expected to continue with the matrimonial relationship. Husband is accordingly held entitled to dissolution of his marriage and consequently the wife’s application for restitution of conjugal rights stands dismissed

Feb 27, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH JOYDEEP MAJUMDAR — Appellant Vs. BHARTI JAISWAL MAJUMDAR — Respondent ( Before : Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Dinesh Maheshwari and Hrishikesh Roy, JJ. ) Civil…

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Dismissal of a petition for transfer, may not operate as res judicata, when a fresh petition is filed on change of circumstances

Feb 7, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA SINGLE BENCH AMRUTA BEN HIMANSHU KUMAR SHAH — Appellant Vs. HIMANSHU KUMAR PRAVINCHANDRA SHAH — Respondent ( Before : V. Ramasubramanian, J. ) Transfer Petition (Civil)…

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HELD in the present situation where all proceedings are conducted through video conferencing – This Court direct the Family Court, District Gautambudh Nagar, U.P. to conduct the trial through video conferencing.

Jan 24, 2021 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH ANJALI BRAHMAWAR CHAUHAN — Appellant Vs. NAVIN CHAUHAN — Respondent ( Before : S.A. Bobde,CJI, L. Nageswara Rao and Vineet Saran, JJ. ) Review…

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Since the entire payment is recorded in the settlement agreement has been paid, the parties have no further or other obligations against each other. The transfer petition is, accordingly, disposed of.

Jan 17, 2021 sclaw

Supreme Court Passes First Divorce Decree Through Virtual Hearing [Read Order] The Supreme Court recently allowed the first petition for divorce by mutual consent, through the virtual hearing system. On…

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Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 – Section 13B – Divorce by mutual consent – Settlement agreement – the transfer petition is disposed of in terms of the settlement agreement – Parties shall honour their commitments under the agreement mutually.

Dec 16, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA SINGLE BENCH KRITIKA — Appellant Vs. ROHIT GURBAKSH LAL BHOLA — Respondent ( Before : V. Ramasubramanian, J. ) Transfer Petition (Civil) No. 920 of 2019…

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HELD that the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act has no overriding effect over the right of residence of a woman in a shared household within the meaning of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act.

Dec 15, 2020 sclaw

Section 3 of the Senior Citizens Act, 2007 cannot be deployed to over-ride and nullify other protections in law, particularly that of a woman’s right to a “shared household‟ under…

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Temporary custody of son – Mother shall be allowed every year, one more trip for a week financed by the father, coinciding with the Birthday of son (which falls on 2nd of December) – Thus, the Mother will have the benefit of two trips to Kenya in a year, out of which one will be with her mother as well.

Dec 13, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH SMRITI MADAN KANSAGRA — Appellant Vs. PERRY KANSAGRA — Respondent ( Before : Uday Umesh Lalit, Indu Malhotra and Hemant Gupta, JJ. ) Miscellaneous…

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Child Custody – During interaction on the video-conferencing platform, “S” son of the Appellant/Respondent indicated his desire to reside with his mother in Singapore – While the child is attached to the respondent, he has indicated, in no uncertain terms, his desire to live with his mother. Appeal allowed.

Nov 2, 2020 sclaw

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH MRS RITIKA SHARAN — Appellant Vs. MR SUJOY GHOSH — Respondent ( Before : Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra and Indira Banerjee, JJ.…

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Supreme Court grants custody of child to father in transnational guardianship case, asks for mirror order from Nairobi court The Court noted that though its judgment would not be binding on the Nairobi court, it would have “great persuasive value”.

Oct 30, 2020 sclaw

The Supreme Court, in a 2:1 judgment, granted custody of a child to the father after the 11-year-old expressed his desire to live with that latter. The Court has…

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Cr P C

Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) — Section 223(d) — Persons accused of different offences committed in the course of the same transaction may be charged and tried together — Legislative intent is to prevent multiplicity of proceedings, avoid conflicting judgments, and promote judicial economy while ensuring fairness — Segregation without legally recognized grounds like distinct facts, severable evidence, or demonstrated prejudice, is impermissible.

Sep 16, 2025 sclaw

Anticipatory Bail

Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) — Sections 420, 463, 465, 467, 468, 471, 474 read with Section 34 — Offences relating to cheating and forgery — Anticipatory bail — Rejection challenged — Appellants, public servants at the time, accused of certifying mutation entries based on forged documents — High Court rejected anticipatory bail — Supreme Court affirmed the High Court’s decision

Sep 16, 2025 sclaw

Constitution

Waqf Act, 1995 (as amended) — Challenge to constitutional validity of amendments — Petitioners contended that amendments are ultra vires the Constitution, violating fundamental rights including Articles 14, 15, 19, 21, 25, 26, 29, 30 and 300A. Respondents argued for legislative competence and presumption of validity of enactments. Court emphasized that statutes should only be declared unconstitutional if there is a clear, glaring, and undeniable violation of constitutional principles or fundamental rights, or if manifestly arbitrary, and that courts must strive to uphold legislative validity.

Sep 16, 2025 sclaw

Consumer

Consumer Protection Act, 1986 — Section 25 — Enforcement of orders — Pre-2002 amendment and post-2019 Act, all orders could be enforced as decrees. The period between 15.03.2003 to 20.07.2020 saw an anomaly where only interim orders (and monetary recovery) were clearly enforceable under Section 25, leaving final non-monetary orders in a gap. Interpretation of Statutes — Casus omissus — Court can fill gaps in legislation using interpretative tools like purposive construction when literal interpretation leads to absurdity or defeats the object of the Act, especially for remedial legislation like the Consumer Act.

Sep 2, 2025 sclaw

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