Family and Matrimonial

In recent years, there has been a discernible shift in the manner in how families in India approach succession planning and inter-generational wealth arrangements. Increasingly, families...

Mutation sits at a strange crossroads in Indian property law, it's absolutely essential for fiscal matters, yet most people misunderstand what it actually means.

A quiet legislative change in 2025 may fundamentally alter how wills are enforced in India's most significant urban centres. The Repealing and Amending Act, 2025 marks a subtle but consequential shift in India's testamentary succession framework.

In civil disputes, a decree is the formal adjudication by courts which conclusively determines the rights of parties pertaining to the issues involved in the suit.

In a recent judgement, the Supreme Court, in Neha Lal v. Abhishek Kumar , dealt with irretrievable breakdown of marriage and the Court's power under Article 142 of the Constitution of India to grant divorce without mutual consent.

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 constitutional validity and societal acceptance of live-in relationships have long been subjects of intense legal and social discourse in India.

In this episode of the IndiaLaw LLP Podcast Bite, host Aryaveer Khanna examines a significant 2026 decision of the Orissa High Court in Kankalata Dwibedi v. State of Odisha & Others...

In civil disputes, a decree is the formal adjudication by courts which conclusively determines the rights of parties pertaining to the issues involved in the suit.