DIVORCE

Divorce is a process by which a marriage is dissolved. It brings a complete end to any and all marital duties and rights. In order to start the divorce procedure, one has to file a petition known as the divorce petition. The entire divorce process can be classified into six stages namely, filing of the petition...

Our country is inhabited by people practicing different religions, due to this reason; there are different divorce laws for all the major faiths. Based on the religion practiced by the parties, some of the ground is specific; most of the grounds to divorce under the Indian Divorce Act 1869 are same for every belief....

Divorce is the process by which the marriage is dissolved and the couple can be legally separated and can go on with their lives as they please. Divorce is granted fairly quickly by the court in case both the partner agrees to get divorced; this is commonly referred to as mutual divorce, and however things get a...

As we all know, India is a country which has people of all the major faiths residing within its boundary. Due to this reason, there are a number of different laws pertaining to different religion. Indian Divorce Act 1869 is the law which governs the divorce laws for the Christians in the country. The Act provides...

In case of a divorce, the law makes the wife entitled for alimony. Alimony can be defined as the amount of money which is due to be given by the former husband for her wellbeing. Alimony is also called maintenance. As most of the women in India are dependent on their husbands for financial needs, alimony comes in...

Divorce, separation etc. is not a quick process, however in case of separation, there are certain things which are a strict no-no in order to get a judgment in your favor. Though it might not be easy to forget the things happened in the past between your spouse, however one should not take this matter as...

Divorce is quite stressful for both the partners. It may affect either or both partners, emotionally, psychologically, physically, financially and off course mentally. The Divorce law in India enables the women to get alimony, maintenance and share in the property of the divorced husband. The main reason for this is...

A simple and one-word answer to this question is “No”. The Indian Divorce act 1869 along with the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 forbids a person who is already married to have another wife or a husband. According to the law is absolutely illegal to perform a second marriage until the first marriage is valid. It must to be...

Once you are a decision that, divorce is the one and only option for you to come out of this bad marriage, filing the divorce first is the best thing to do. It is understandable that divorce is not something which a spouse chooses happily. For anyone, divorce is kind of a last resort, when chances for any kind of...

India is home to the people belonging to a number of faiths, however the major religions in India being Hinduism, Islam and Christianity. It is needless to say that marriage and divorce happens for people of different faiths differently. Due to this fact, there arose a need to have a law which could regulate...

At the time when India was ruled by the British, they enacted a law by the name “Indian Divorce Act”, it was implemented to govern the divorce between Christian couples in India. As we all are aware, divorce is a way to dissolve marriage between a couple (man and woman) through the law. This law was enforced in the...

India being a diverse country, it is inevitable that lots people marry outside their faith and caste. Such situation calls for special act to safeguard rights and safety of married couple. Special marriage Act deals marriages which are inter-religion and inter-caste. Special Marriage Act passed by the Act of...

Muslim marriage law has some major differences when compared with the marriage laws of other religions. As per the Muslim Marriage Act, the marriage or Nikah is not considered sacred, however it is considered as a contract between a man and a woman. This law, governs all the Muslim marriages in India. Polygamy...