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When Adoption Cannot Be Collaterally Questioned: Allahabad High Court Interprets Section 16, Hindu Adoptions And Maintenance Act

Adoption under Hindu law is governed by a carefully structured statutory framework designed to balance personal law traditions with legal certainty.

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Probates No Longer Compulsory

The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha passed the Repealing and Amending Bill, 2025 ("Bill") in the recently concluded Winter Session with the objective of removing provisions...

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Acuity Law

Inheriting Property In India As A Non-Resident Indian (NRI) (Video)

In this episode, host Divya Pandey is joined by Shweta Tiwari from Indialaw LLP to discuss the legal complexities of inheriting property in India as a Non-Resident Indian (NRI).

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

No Maintenance Without A Valid Marriage: Allahabad High Court Reiterates Statutory Limits Of Section 125 Cr.P.C.

The Allahabad High Court, in Madhu @ Aruna Bhajpai v. State of U.P. & Anr., reaffirmed the strict statutory boundaries governing maintenance claims under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Dowry, Personal Law, And Constitutional Morality: Reaffirming Core Principles In Dowry Death Jurisprudence

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Restoring Dignity And Property: SC Rules On Mahr And Marriage Gifts

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Invalidity Of Marriages With Unconscious Or Deceased Persons In India: Legal Status And Complete Absence Of Property And Succession Rights

KS

King, Stubb & Kasiva

Understanding The Concept Of Gift Deed In India

SR

S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates

Maintenance Under Hindu Law: Know Your Legal Rights (Video)

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Private Client Comparative Guide

DV

Dolce Vita Advisors

A Balancing Act Of Duty: Madras High Court Denies Maintenance From Ailing Senior Citizen Husband

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Delhi High Court On Mental Cruelty: False Allegations, Vexatious Litigation And The Boundaries Of Matrimonial Conduct

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Husband Cannot Use Child As A Pawn To Prove Wife's Adultery – DNA Test Plea Dismissed

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Minors' Rights Protected – Court Rules Suit Not Mandatory To Undo Guardian's Unauthorized Sale

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Exploring The DPIIT's Working Paper On Generative AI And Copyright

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Ikigai Law

What 100% FDI Really Means Under India's Draft Foreign Investment Rules, 2025

India Government

LP

Legitpro Law

Investor Alert: SEBI Opens Doors To Scalable Co-Investments In AIFs (Podcast)

AP

AK & Partners

GIFT City Updates (November 2025)

HS

Hammurabi & Solomon

Contractual Rigidity vs. Business Viability: Supreme Court's Message To Insurers In Light Of Soham Shipping Private Limited vs M/S. New India Assurance Company Limited & Anr. (Podcast)

India Insurance

AP

AK & Partners

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Family Law

When Adoption Cannot Be Collaterally Questioned: Allahabad High Court Interprets Section 16, Hindu Adoptions And Maintenance Act

Adoption under Hindu law is governed by a carefully structured statutory framework designed to balance personal law traditions with legal certainty.

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

No Maintenance Without A Valid Marriage: Allahabad High Court Reiterates Statutory Limits Of Section 125 Cr.P.C.

The Allahabad High Court, in Madhu @ Aruna Bhajpai v. State of U.P. & Anr., reaffirmed the strict statutory boundaries governing maintenance claims under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Dowry, Personal Law, And Constitutional Morality: Reaffirming Core Principles In Dowry Death Jurisprudence

Dowry-related violence continues to be one of the gravest manifestations of structural inequality faced by married women in India. Despite decades of legislative intervention, the practice of dowry persists often disguised as custom...

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Restoring Dignity And Property: SC Rules On Mahr And Marriage Gifts

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Invalidity Of Marriages With Unconscious Or Deceased Persons In India: Legal Status And Complete Absence Of Property And Succession Rights

KS

King, Stubb & Kasiva

Maintenance Under Hindu Law: Know Your Legal Rights (Video)

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

A Balancing Act Of Duty: Madras High Court Denies Maintenance From Ailing Senior Citizen Husband

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Delhi High Court On Mental Cruelty: False Allegations, Vexatious Litigation And The Boundaries Of Matrimonial Conduct

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Husband Cannot Use Child As A Pawn To Prove Wife's Adultery – DNA Test Plea Dismissed

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

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Divorce

Delhi High Court On Mental Cruelty: False Allegations, Vexatious Litigation And The Boundaries Of Matrimonial Conduct

The Bench held that a consistent pattern of false allegations, unfounded criminal complaints, and vindictive litigation amounts to mental cruelty sufficient to dissolve a marriage

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Husband Cannot Use Child As A Pawn To Prove Wife's Adultery – DNA Test Plea Dismissed

In a landmark decision that reinforces the sanctity of privacy, dignity, and the rights of a child, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court in Kandhasamy v. Magudeeshwari & Anr. ruled that a husband cannot use his...

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Joint Names, Joint Pain: When Matrimonial Fault Lines Meet Property Rights , Delhi High Court's 2025 Verdict On Maintenance, Joint Assets And Denial Of Divorce

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

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Delhi HC Upholds Equal Co-Ownership In Jointly Purchased Property, Limits Scope Of Shared Household Rights

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Delhi High Court Upholds Divorce On Grounds Of Cruelty And Long-Term Separation

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Harmonizing Hindu Divorce Laws: Balancing Tradition, Modernity, And Justice In India

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Khurana and Khurana

Justice In Time: Allahabad High Court Orders Six-Month Limit On Maintenance Cases

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Divorce In The Digital Age: SC Allows Secretly Taped Calls Between Spouses

India Litigation

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Spouse Staying Abroad For Career Not 'Cruelty' Or 'Desertion' – Bombay High Court

EL

Ethical Legal Consultants

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Wills/ Intestacy/ Estate Planning

The Complete Guide To Property Inheritance And Succession Of Flats In Mumbai

Understanding property inheritance in Mumbai is essential for families dealing with the transfer of flats after the death of an owner.

India Real Estate

MH

Mansukhlal Hiralal & Co.

Probates No Longer Compulsory

The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha passed the Repealing and Amending Bill, 2025 ("Bill") in the recently concluded Winter Session with the objective of removing provisions...

A

Acuity Law

Inheriting Property In India As A Non-Resident Indian (NRI) (Video)

In this episode, host Divya Pandey is joined by Shweta Tiwari from Indialaw LLP to discuss the legal complexities of inheriting property in India as a Non-Resident Indian (NRI).

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Invalidity Of Marriages With Unconscious Or Deceased Persons In India: Legal Status And Complete Absence Of Property And Succession Rights

KS

King, Stubb & Kasiva

Understanding The Concept Of Gift Deed In India

SR

S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates

Private Client Comparative Guide

DV

Dolce Vita Advisors

No Partition Rights For Grandsons While Father Is Alive, Rules Delhi High Court

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Supreme Court Rules State Has No Locus In Probate: Valid Will Prevails Over Escheat Claims

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Tribal Women & Inheritance: What The Rajasthan HC Said (Video)

India Government

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

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Latest Videos

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Inheriting Property In India As A Non-Resident Indian (NRI) (Video)

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

Maintenance Under Hindu Law: Know Your Legal Rights (Video)

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

India Law Legal Podcast Powered By INDIALAW LLP Episode No 4 (Video)

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

No Will, Now What? Understanding Intestate Succession In India (Video)

IL

IndiaLaw LLP

How To Take Mutual Divorce? | Lawyer For Divorce With Mutual Consent (Video)

Century Law Firm

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