New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): A husband knocked on the door of the Supreme Court against a Punjab and Haryana High Court decision which declined his request to put a phone call on recording between the couple as evidence in the ongoing divorce petition.

Chattisgarh, January 5: A strange case has come to light from Chattisgarh where the High Court has allowed a divorce decree under the Hindu Marriage Act of 1955 because the wife stayed away from her husband for nearly 10 years. According to reports, the woman refused to go to in-laws as she was waiting for […]

New Delhi Dec 30 PTI Observing that a child should not be made to suffer due to a dispute between a husband and wife the Supreme Court has asked an Army officer to look after the maintenance of his 13-year-old son till he attains the age of majorityWhile dissolving the officers marriage a bench comprising Justices M R Shah and A S Bopanna directed him to pay Rs 50000 as maintenance to the wifeConsidering the fact that both the appellant-wife and the respondent-husband are not staying together since May 2011 and therefore it can be said that there is irretrievable breakdown of marriage between them It is also reported that the husband has already re-married Therefore no useful purpose shall be served to further enter into the merits of the findings recorded by the courts below on cruelty and desertion by the appellant-wife the bench said In view of facts and circumstances of the case and in exercise of powers under Article 142 of the Constitution the decree passed by the Family Court is not required to be interfered with on account of irretrievable breakdown of marriage the apex court saidHowever at the same time the husband cannot be absolved from his liability and responsibility to maintain his son till he attains the age of majority Whatever be the dispute between the husband and the wife a child should not be made to suffer The liability and responsibility of the father to maintain the child continues till the childson attains the age of majority the bench saidThe top court noted that the mother is not earning anything and therefore a reasonablesufficient amount is required for the maintenance of her son including his education etc which shall have to be paid by the husbandIn view of the above and for the reasons stated above the present appeal stands disposed of by confirming the decree of divorcedissolution of the marriage between the appellant-wife and the husband However the husband is directed to pay Rs 50000 per month with effect from December 2019 to the wife towards the maintenance of son it said in a recent orderThe marriage between the Army officer and his wife was solemnised on November 16 2005 The wife had filed a number of complaints against the husband before Army authorities including those pertaining to alleged extra-marital affairs of the respondent-husband An enquiry was initiated by the Army authorities against the officer in which he was exoneratedThe Army officer filed a case against the wife before the Family Court Jaipur in 2014 seeking a decree of divorce and dissolution of marriage on the grounds of cruelty and desertion by the wife The Family Court passed a decree for dissolution of marriage between the appellant and the respondent on grounds of cruelty and desertion by the wife PTI PKS DV DV

Wellington [New Zealand], December 9 (ANI/Sputnik): New Zealand's parliament has unanimously adopted a law allowing for changing one's sex on a birth certificate without court intervention, lawmaker and Minister of Internal Affairs Jan Tinetti said on Thursday.

Thiruvananthapuram Nov 23 PTI Anupama Chandran and her husband Ajith are biological parents of a baby whose adoption sparked off a row in Kerala according to a DNA test report of the couple and the infant DNA tests on the baby and the couple conducted at the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology RGCB yesterday have returned positive official sources said on Tuesday After being informed about the test result the couple went to the Nirmala Sishu Bhavan here under the Child Welfare Committee CWC to see the baby whom Anupama had last seen when he was just 3 days old When she came out of the child care home Anupama told reporters that she was happy her baby had been brought back but it was difficult for her to leave him there now after seeing him She also broke down while telling reporters that the child was fine and was being well looked after at the care home A visibly distressed and tearful Anupama then said that she will respond further after some time but as the reporters followed her to the vehicle she had arrived in she stopped and spoke to them again She said that she hoped the hearing in the Family Court would be advanced from the earlier date of November 30 and it would hopefully be taken up in the next couple of days Once the matter is taken up by the court I will get back my son soon she said Leader of Opposition in the state assembly V D Satheesan said the entire issue indicates that the CPIM in Kerala was obsolete He said the state government should clarify what action has been taken against those working in the CWC in connection with the alleged illegal abduction and adoption of Anupamas child What is going on in the Child Welfare Committee should be investigated as the adoption took place even as the mother was searching for her baby he said The one-year-old boy was in the foster care of a couple in Andhra Pradesh and was brought back here on Sunday On November 18 the CWC issued an order directing the Kerala State Council for Child Welfare KSCCW to bring the child back to Kerala A team led by KSCCW officials and comprising an escort of a Special Juvenile Police unit received the child from the adoptive parents in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday and brought him back to Kerala The team reached the Thiruvananthapuram airport on Sunday night Anupama 24 and her partner Ajith have been protesting in front of the KSCCW office at Thycaud here for some days demanding to get her baby back The womans allegation that her child was forcibly taken away from her by her father a local CPIM leader triggered a political controversy and the government had announced a departmental probe into the incident Anupama had accused her parents of forcibly taking away her new-born child from her soon after its birth a year ago and alleged that though she had complained about it to the police several times since April they were reluctant to register a case against her family members However the Peroorkkada police here has said a case was registered against six people -- her parents sister sisters husband and two of his fathers friends -- and that the delay happened as they were awaiting legal opinion A family court last month stayed the adoption process of the child and directed the police to submit a detailed report on the matter in a sealed cover PTI HMP TGB HMP SS SS

New Delhi [India], November 11 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday registered FIR against a man under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections of kidnapping and abduction for 'fraudulently' obtaining custody orders of his son from an Indian court.

Kochi (Kerala) [India], November 2 (ANI): Kerala High Court on Tuesday declined to interfere in the habeas corpus petition filed by 22-year-old woman Anupama S Chandran, former SFI leader and daughter of a CPI (M) local leader, seeking a directive to the police to produce her one-year-old son before the court and hand the baby to her alleging that her newborn was illegally detained by her parents and denied all basic human rights for over a year.

Kochi (Kerala) [India], November 2 (ANI): The Kerala High Court has declined to interfere in the habeas corpus petition filed by a 22-year-old woman Anupama S Chandran seeking directions to the police to produce her one-year-old child before the court and hand the baby to her.

New Delhi [India], August 31 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Tuesday resumed limited physical hearings after a gap of nearly five months when the second wave of COVID-19 hits the national capital.

Noida Aug 25 PTI A man allegedly set his wife and mother-in-law on fire before setting himself ablaze in Noida on Wednesday in a suspected domestic dispute case police officials said All three were rushed to a local hospital with critical burn injuries before being referred to Delhi for further treatment the officials said The family hails from Malda in West Bengal they said The incident took place in the morning in Hajipur village under Sector 39 police station limits Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Noida Ranvijay Singh said The family lives in a rented accommodation in Hajipur village here According to initial information Mohan Das poured kerosene oil on his wife and mother-in-law and set them on fire before setting himself ablaze Singh said Apparently a dispute within the family led to the incident The family is also believed to be facing a case in Family Court Details of these are still to be ascertained he said The trio was later taken to the Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi for treatment the police said adding further legal proceedings in the case were being carried out PTI KIS RAX RAX