Index of caselaws relating to family matters

I. Marriage :
1. Registration of Marriage :
i. Seema v. Ashwani Kumar, Air 2006 SC 1158 : 2006 (2) ALD 57 (SC) : 2006 (2) AWC 1599 (SC) : 2006 2 Bom CR 497 : 101 (2006) CLT 639 (SC) : 2006 (1) CTC 552 : 127 (2006) DLT 282 (SC) : I (2006) DMC 327 SC : (2006) 2 JCR 137 (SC) : 2006 (1) JKJ 67 (SC) : JT 2006 (2) SC 3782 : 2006 (2) KAR LJ 481 : 2006 (1) KLT 91 (SC) : 2006 (I) OLR (SC) 299 : (2006) 142 PLR 834 : RLW 2006 (2) SC 944 : 2006 (2) Scale 333 : (2006) 2 SCC 578

2. Hiv Status of Person : Right to Marry whether Absolute :
i. Mr. X v. Hospital Z, Air 2003 SC 664
ii. Mr. X v. Hospital Z, Air 1999 SC 495 : (1998) 8 SCC 296 : (1998) 7 JT 626 : (1998) 6 Scale 230 : (1998) 9 Supreme 220 : (1999) 1 SRJ 88 : (1998) 3 CPJ 12

3. Christian Lady Converting to Hinduism before Marriage Marriage not Void for Want of Proof of Shudhi Karan Ceremony :
i. Madhavi Ramesh Dudani v. Ramesh K. Dudani, Air 2006 Bom 94 : Air 2006 Bom 94 : 2006 (1) Bom CR 20 : (2005) 10730 MLR 1237 : I (2006) DMC 386 : 2006 (2) MhLJ 307 

II. CRUELTY ETC., AS GROUND FOR MATRIMONIAL RELIEF : 
1. Wife Gang Raped : No Cruelty on Husband : 
i. Rajesh Kumar Singh v. Rekha Singh, Air 2005 All 16 

2. Concealment of Correct Age and Routine Wear and Tear : No Cruelty - also Mere Separate Living for Long Years no Assumption of Breakdown, and in Any Case, that is no Ground for Divorce : 
i. Asha Gupta v. Rajiv Kumar Gupta, Air 2005 P&H 134 

3. Cruelty by Wife's Parents - Whether Cruelty by Wife : 
i. Kamlesh Kumar Agarwal v. Mamta Devi, Air 2005 Jhar 10 

4. Refusal to have Sex and Long Separation etc. - Cruelty on Husband Proved : 
i. Usharani Lenka v. Panigrahi Subhash Chandra Dash, Air 2005 Ori 3 

5. Filing False Criminal Cases and Resiling from Agreement to withdraw Criminal Cases after Taking Substantial Amounts under Agreement - Wife's Cruelty Established : 
i. Pinki Jain v. Sanjay Jain, Air 2005 Del 273 

6. Allegations to Substantiate Cruelty Must be Weighty : 
i. Vinita Saxena v. Pankaj Pandit, Air 2005 Del 243 

7. Cruelty on Basis of Allegations in Written Statement : 
i. Manisha Sandeep Gade v. Sandeep Vinayak Gade, Air 2005 Bom 180 

8. Acts to be, More Serious than Ordinary Wear and Tear, to Constitute Cruelty : 
i. Neelu Kohli v. Naveen Kohli, Air 2004 All 1 

9. Not Any or Every Abnormal Act to be Considered as Mental Cruelty : 
i. B.N. Panduranga Shet v. s.n. Vijay Laxmi, Air 2003 Kant 357 

10. Mental Cruelty - Retraction of Charges Once Levelled - Damage Already done - does not Absolve Party of Mental Cruelty : 
i. Vijay Kumar Bhate v. Neela Bhate, Air 2003 SC 2462 

11. Mental Cruelty to be Assessed having Regard to Various Factors Like Status, Education etc., of Parties : 
i. G.V.N. Kameswara Rao v. G. Jabilli, Air 2002 SC 576 

12. Non-consummation of Marriage, Rude & Abusive Behaviour - Held Cruelty : 
i. Praveen Mehta v. Inderjit Mehta, Air 2002 SC 2582 

13. Cruelty - Allegations of Bigamy and Dowry Demand and against Husband's Potency in Reply to his Allegations against Wife - Held does not Amount to Cruelty : 
i. P. Malleswaramma v. P. Pratap Reddy, Air 2006 AP 4 

14. When First Marriage is Void, Subsequent Marriage does not Constitute Case of 'Plural Marriage' but Amounts to Cruelty : 
i. M.M. Malhotra v. Union of India, Air 2006 SC 80 

15. Wife Unable to Conceive - Ill-treated - Husband Married again - held Cruelty by Husband Proved : 
i. Suneer Sharma v. Madhurlata Sharma, Air 2000 MP 26 

16. Acts Alleged to Constitute Cruelty - not Serious Enough - no Cruelty : 
i. S. Hanumantha Rao v. S. Ramani, Air 1999 SC 1318 : (1999) 3 SCC 620 : (1999) 2 JT 451 : (1999) 2 Scale 338 : (1999) 3 Supreme 358 : (1999) 1 Hindu LR 418 : (1999) 4 SRJ 422 

17. Cruelty Based on Allegations Made in Written Statement : 
i. V. Bhagat v. D. Bhagat, Air 1994 SC 710 : (1994) 1 SCC 337 

18. Dowry Demand - Per se is Cruelly : 
i. Shobha Rani v. Madhukar Reddy, Air 1988 SC 121 : (1988) 1 SCC 105 : (1989) 1 SCR 1010; (1998) Cr LJ 588 : (1998) 1 SCJ 307 

19. No Decree, if Alleged Cruelty though Proved but is Condoned : 
i. N.G. Dastane v. S. Dastane, Air 1975 SC 1534 : (1975) 2 SCC 326 : (1975) 3 SCR 967 : (1975) HLR 111 

20. Husband Debility and Sexual Weakness - Cruelty on Wife - Decree of Separation Sought by her Granted : 
i. Nijhawan v. Nijhawan, Air 1973 Del 200 

21. Mental Illeness - Husband Granted Divorce : 
i. Vandana v. Suresh Charan, Air 2005 Raj 193 

22. Minor Aberrations - not Mental Disorder : 
i. Devi Sharma v. Chandra Mohan Sharma, Air 2003 P&H 327 

23. Psychological Depression is not Mental Disorder : 
i. Hema Reddy v. Rakesh Reddy, Air 2002 AP 228 

24. Non-cohabitation for a Month - no Inference of Mental Disorder : 
i. R. Lakshmi Narayan v. Santhi, Air 2001 SC 2110 : 2001 (5) Supreme 520 : 2001 (1) DMC 694 : 2001 (1) HLR 700 : 2001 (3) CCC 117 : (2001) 44 SCC 688 : 2001 (2) 05 (SC) 793 : 2001 (1) JCC 337 

25. Impotency - Need not be Incurable to get Relief : 
i. Samar v. Snigdha, Air 1977 Cal 213 

26. Person could be Impotent even if Structurally Normal : 
i. Shantabai Alias Gourabai v. Tarachand, Air 1966 MP 8 

27. Leprosy : 
i. Swarajya Lakshmi v. G.C. Padma Rao, Air 1974 SC 165 : (1974) 1 SCC 58 : (1974) 2 SCR 97 : (1974) 1 SCJ 623 : (1973) UJ 903 

28. Misrepresentation about Boy's Particulars Made by Father to Girls Mother - Held Fraud on Girl - Annulment Decreed : 
i. Babui Panmato v. Ram Agya Singh, Air 1968 Pat 190 

29. Desertion (Case under Bombay Hindu Divorce Act, 1947) : 
i. Bipin Chandra Jaisinghbhai Shah v. Prabhavati, Air 1957 SC 176 : (1956) SCR 838 : (1957) SCJ 144 

III. NON-COHABITATION AFTER DECREE, OF RESTITUTION OR SEPARATION : 
1. Court is not Bound to give Divorce Simply on Ground of Non-cohabitation after Restitution or Separation Decree : 
i. Bijaya Lakshmi Kundingi v. Kamala Lochana Kundingi, Air 2005 Ori 120 

2. Non-cohabitation after Sep Aration Decree - no Vested Right to get Divorce on this Ground : 
i. Hirachand Srinivas Managaonkar v. Sunanda, Air 2001 SC 1285 : 2001 (2) Supreme 435 : 2001 (3) JT 620 : 2001 (2) CCC 26 : (2001) 4 SCC 125 : 2001 (1) DMC 616 : 2001 (1) HLR 546 : 2001 (2) UJ (SC) 801 : 2001 (4) Civil LJ 167 

3. Consent Separation Decree - Non-cohabitation after Decree - Ground for Divorce : 
i. A.V. Janardhan Rao v. M. Aruna Kumari, Air 2000 AP 127 

4. Restitution Decree - Non-compliance of - Spouse Thwarting Attempts to Comply - cannot Lake Advantage and ask for Divorce : 
i. Sunita Rajendra Nikalje v. Rajendra Eknath, Air 1996 Bom 85 

5. Decree of Restitution - Mere Non-compliance or Non Inclination to Join not a Wrong so as to Deny Divorce on that Ground : 
i. Dharmendra Kumar v. Usha Kumar, Air 1977 SC 2218 : (1977) 4 SCC 12 : (1978) 1 SCR 315 : (1977) 2 SCJ 471 : (1977) HLR 605 

6. Non-cohabitation after Separation Decree - Mere Absence of Efforts to Resume Cohabitation is no Wrong so as to Disentitle Relief on this Ground : 
i. Madhukar v. Saral, Air 1973 Bom 55 

IV. RESTITUTION OF CONJUGAL RIGHTS : 
1. Consent Restitution Decree not Per se Collusive : 
i. Saroj Rani v. Sudarshan Kumar, Air 1987 SC 2220 

2. Provision for Restitution : Whether Ultra Vires the Constitution-Held, no : 
i. Harvinder Kaur v. Harmander Singh, Air 1984 Del 66 

3. Constitutional Vin's of Restitution Provision - held Ultra Vires : 
i. T. Sareetha v. T. Venkata Subbaiah, Air 1983 AP 356 

4. Petition for Restitution by Husband - Husband's Blindness Reasonable Cause for Wife's Withdrawal : 
i. Mohinder Singh v. Preet Kaur, 1981 HLR 321 (P&H) 

V. WIFE'S Employment VIS-A-VIS HUSBAND'S, CONJUGAL RIGHTS : 
1. Wife's Insistence on not Leaving Job - Whether Amounts to Desertion : 
i. Jagdish Mangtani v. Geeta Jagdish Mangtani, XLIV (1) 2003 Guj LR 309 

2. There can be no Desertion without Cohabitation : 
i. Savitri Pandey v. Prem Chandra Pande, Air 2002 SC 591 

3. Locale of Matrimonial Home when both Spouses Working at Different Places - Wife's withdrawal not Unreasonable : 
i. Swaraj Garg v. K.M. Garg, Air 1978 Del 249 

4. Wife's Refusal to give up Job & Join Husband - Whether Amounts to Desertion : 
i. Kailash Wati v. Ayodhia Parkash, 1977 (79) PLR 216 

VI. DIVORCE BY Mutual CONSENT : 
1. Divorce by Consent - Whether Waiting Period of Six Months Mandatory : 
i. Abhay Chauhan v. Rachna Singh, Air 2006 Del 18 
ii. Dinesh Kumar Shukla v. Neeta, Air 2005 MP 106 
iii. Gurpinder Kaur Sahsi v. Ravinder Singh Sahsi, Air 2005 P&H 1987 

2. Mutual Consent - Rejection of Application for Exemption by Family Court - Not Correct : 
i. Roopa v. Santosh Kumar, Air 2005 All 172 

3. Can a Party Unilaterally Frustrate Proceedings by Silence at Time of Second Motion : 
i. Suman v. Surendra Kumar, Air 2003 Raj 155 

4. Annulment Decree in Appeal Converted to Consent Divorce : 
i. Radha v. Mohinder Kumar, (1998) 8 SCC 530 

5. Mutual Consent Divorce - If Party Changes his/her Mind no Divorce Decree Granted : 
i. Rupali v. Sunil Data, Air 2006 P&H 93 

6. Consent Decree Even after Consent Withdrawn by One of the Parties : 
i. Ashok Hurra v. Rupa Bipin Zaveri, Air 1997 SC 1266 : (1997) 4 SCC 226 

7. Can Consent, Once given, be Unilaterally Revoked : 
i. Sureshta Devi v. Om Prakash, Air 1992 SC 1904 : (1991) 2 SCC 25 : (1991) 1 SCR 274 

VII. IRRETRIEVABLE BREAKDOWN OF MARRIAGE : 
1. Marriage Broken - Divorce Granted with View to do "Complete Justice" : 
i. A. Jayachandra v. Aneel Kaur, Air 2005 SC 534 : (2005) 2 SCC 22 

2. Where no Alleged Ground Proved - Relief cannot be Granted on Ground of Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage : 
i. Ajay Sayajirao Desai v. Rajashree Ajay Desai, Air 2005 Bom 278 

3. Alleged Ground Not Proved but Marriage Broken - Relief Granted : 
i. Dinesh Kumar Mandal v. Mina Devi, Air 2005 Jhar 77 

4. Lengthy Litigation Per se - no Ground for Considering Marriage as Broken : 
i. Neeta Kirit Desai v. Bina Samuel George, Air 2003 Bom 7 

5. Divorce Granted Despite Petitioner Husband's Own Fault Simply because Relationship Broken beyond Repair : 
i. Poonam Gupta v. Ghanshayam Gupta, Air 2003 All 51 

6. Irretrievable Breakdown - Divorce Granted : 
i. Kanchan Devi v. Promod Kumar, Air 1996 SC 3192 : (1996) 8 SCC 90 : (1996) 2 Crimes 86 

7. Broken Marriage - Divorce Decreed : 
i. Chanderkala Trivedi v. Dr. S.P. Trivedi, (1993) 4 SCC 232 

8. Long Separation - no Divorce but Judicial Separation Granted : 
i. Angrez Kaur R Baldev Singh, Air 1980 P&H 171 

VIII. NON-AGE MARRIAGE : 
1. Marriage in Contravention of Legally Prescribed Age Limit - Legal Status of Marriage : 
i. Ravi Kumar v. State and Shikha Sharma v. State, W.P (Crl) Nos. 942/05, 1446/05 and 1369/05 
ii. V. Mallikarjunaiah v. H.C. Gowramma, Air 1997 Kant 77 
iii. P. Venkataramana v. State, Air 1977 AP 43 (FB) 

IX. CUSTOMARY Law : 
1. Alleged Divorce by Customary Dissolution Deed - Need to Prove the Custom : 
i. Subramani v. Chandralekha, Air 2005 SC 485 : (2005) 9 SCC 407 

2. Alleged Divorce by Registered Document "Chhor Chithi" - Custom not Proved : 
i. Ramesh Chandra R. Daga v. Rameshwari R.C. Daga, Air 2005 SC 422 : (2005) 2 SCC 33 : (2005) 2 Guj LR 939 

3. Mizo Customary Law : 
i. Germanthangi v. F. Rokunga, Air 2004 Gau 42 (Aizawl Bench) 

4. Divorce under Custom - No Need to go to Court when Custom Proved : 
i. Jasbir Singh v. Inderjit Kaur, Air 2003 P&H 317 

5. Customary Law : 
i. M. Govindaraju v. K. Munisami Gounder, Air 1997 SC 10 : Air 1996 SC 10 : (1996) 5 SCC 467 

6. Marriage under Customary Law - Religious Rites can be Dispensed with : 
i. Sumitra Devi v. Bhikan, 1985 Cri LJ 528 (SC) : Air 1985 (1) SC 785 : (1985) 1 SCC 637 : (1985) 1 Scale 184 

X. MATRIMONIAL HOME : 
1. If the Husband Shifts to Another Place Leaving the Wife, would the Matrimonial Home Shift? : 
i. Tarun Batra v. S.R. Batra, Air 2005 Del 270 

2. Divorced Wife's Right to be Impleaded as Respondent in Eviction Proceedings Filed by Landlord against her Husband : 
i. Ruma Chakraborty v. Sudha Rani Banerjee, JT 2005 (12) SC 134 : (2005) 8 SCC 140 : Air 2005 SC 3557 

3. Deserted Wife's Right to Contest Eviction Proceedings Filed by Landlord against her Husband : 
i. B.P. Achala Anand v. S. Appi Reddy, Air 2005 SC 986 : (2005) 3 SCC 313 : (2005) 117 DLT 354 : (2005) 1 KLT 904 

4. Does a Husband have a Legal Right to Stay in Accommodation Allotted to his Wife? : 
i. B.R. Mehta v. Atma Devi, Air 1987 SC 2220 : (1987) 4 SCC 183 : (1987) 3 SCR 1184 : (1987) 3 SCJ 348 

XI. DISPOSAL OF MATRIMONIAL Assets : 
1. Jurisdiction of Family Courts under Section 7(1) (c), Family Courts Act vis-a-vis Section 27 of Hindu Marriage Act : 
i. Sangeeta B. Kadam v. Balkrishna Ramchandra Kadam, Air 2005 Bom 262 

2. Matrimonial Court's Jurisdiction to Dispose even such Properties which are not Joint of the Spouses : 
i. Hemant Kumar Agrahari v. Lakshmi Devi, Air 2004 All 126 

3. Section 27 Hindu Marriage Act vis-a-vis Wife's Right to a Flat when She is Co-owner on Record : 
i. Sunita Shankar Salvi v. Shankar Laxman Salvi, Air 2003 Bom 431 

XII. RE-MARRIAGE : 
1. Re-marriage after Annulment Decree : 
i. Lata Kamat v. Vilas, Air 1989 SC 1477 : (1989) 2 SCC 613 : (1989) 2 SCR 137 

2. Re-marriage Pending Appeal of Divorce Decree : 
i. Tejinder Kaur v. Gurmit Singh, Air 1988 SC 839 : (1988) 2 SCC 90 : (1988) 2 SCR 1098 : (1988) 2 SCJ 267 

XIII. FOREIGN DIVORCE DECREE : 
1. Divorce Petition by Husband in Foreign Court - not Contested by Wife - Non-contesting would not Mean that she Conceded to Jurisdiction of Foreign Court : 
i. Veena Kalia v. Jatinder Nath Kalia, Air 1996 Del 54 

2. Divorce Decree Passed by a Foreign Court, having neither Jurisdiction nor Ground-such Decree cannot be Recognised in India : 
i. Narasimha Rao v. Y. Venkatalakshmi, (1991) 2 Scale 1 : (1991) 3SCC 45l 

3. Forum Hunting for Obtaining Divorce in a Foreign Country : 
i. Satya v. Teja Singh, Air 1975 SC 105 : 1975 Cr LJ 52 : 1974 Cr App R (SC) 335 : (1975) 2 SCR 197 : 1975 Mad LJ (Cr) 599 : 1974 Cr LR (SQ673 : 1974 BBCJ 965 : 1975 SCC (Cri) 50 : (1975) 2 SCJ 294 : (1975) 1 SCC 120 : 1975 SC Cr R 89 

XIV. SUIT FOR INJUNCTION : 
1. Injunction against Second Marriage : 
i. Kirti Sharma v. Civil Judge, Senior Division, Etah, Air 2005 All 97 
ii. Umashankar Prasad Singh v. Radha Devi, Air 1967 Pat 220 

XV. DAMAGES TO VICTIMISED WIFE : 
1. Damages to Deserted Wife by Nri Husband : 
i. Neeraja Saraph v. Jayant Saraph, (1994) 6 SCC 461 

2. Damages to Wife for Husband's Defamatory Conduct : 
i. Mukund Martand Chitnis v. Madhuri Chitnis, Air 1992SC 1804 

XVI. Dna TESTING : COURT'S POWER IS DISCRETIONARY : 
1. Court's Power to Order DNA Test - Discretionary : 
i. S. Thangavelu v. Kannammal, Air 2005 Mad 106 
ii. Master X v. Y, Air 2003 Del 195 

XVII. CONVERSION AND BIGAMY : 
1. Hindu Husband Converting to Islam and Marrying During Subsistence of First Marriage - Guilty of Bigamy : 
i. Lily Thomas v. Union of India, Air 2000 SC 1650 : (2000) 2 LR 1623 

2. Hindu Husband Embracing Islam, Solemnizing a Second Marriage During Subsistence of First Marriage - Second Marriage is Void : 
i. Sarla Mudgal v. Union of India, Air 1995 SC 1531 : (1995) 3 SCC 635 : (1995) 3 SCJ 105 

XVIII. MAINTENANCE PENDING LITIGATION AND LITIGATION EXPENSES : 
1. Maintenance Pendente Lite-date from which to be Awarded : 
i. Popri Bai v. Teerath Singh, Air 2004 Raj 128 

2. Assessing the Income - what is the Crucial Time : 
i. S.S. Bindra v. Tarvinder Kaur, Air 2004 Del 242 

3. Young Educated Lady-is she Expected to be Capable of own Maintenance? : 
i. Chandana Guha Roy v. Gautam Guha Roy, Air 2004 Jhar 36 

4. Educated Wife - whether to be Considered to be Capable of Own Maintenance : 
i. Padmavathi v. C. Lakshminarayana, Air 2002 Kant 424 

5. Whether Medical Expenses to be Included : 
i. R. Suresh v. Chandra, Air 2003 Kant 183 

6. Litigation Expenses when Free Legal Aid Available : 
i. Ramesh Babu v. Usha, AIR 2003 Mad 281 

7. Maintenance Pendente Lite - when Marriage Void : 
i. Rameshchandra Rampratapji Daga v. Rameshwari Rameschandra Daga, (2001) 1 Femi-Juris CC 60 (Bom) 

8. Can wife Claim Maintenance for Husband's Mother Also : 
i. Amit Kumar Sharma v. VIth Addl. District and Sessions Judge, Bijnor, Air 1999 All 4 

9. Whether Proceedings Under Limitation Act are "Proceedings" for Purpose of Section 24 : 
i. Ghari Lal v. Surjit Kaur, Air 1997 J&K 72 

10. Husband Allowing Dismissal of his Main Petition - Liable to Pay Arrears of Maintenance : 
i. Lataben Y. Goswami v. Yogendra Kumar S. Goswami, Air 1996 Guj 103 

11. Petition for Nullity of Marriage - whether Maintenance Pendente Life can be Claimed : 
i. Sushila Viresh Chhawda v. Viresh Nagshi Chhawda, Air 1996 Bom 94 

12. Non-compliance of Maintenance Order - Defence can be Struck Down : 
i. Bani v. Parkash Singh, Air 1964 P&H 175 

XIX. PERMANENT ALIMONY UNDER SECTION 25, HINDU MARRIAGE ACT : 
1. Relevancy of Claimant's Conduct : 
i. Sudha Suhas Nandanvankar v. Suhas Ramrao Nandanvankar, Air 2005 Bom 62 

2. If Marriage Void - Wife not Entitled to Maintenance : 
i. Bhau Saheb v. Leelabai, Air 2004 Bom 283 (FB) 

3. Wife Agreeing to give up Claim under Consent Decree - no Bar to Claiming Maintenance in Future : 
i. Geeta Satish Gokarna v. Satish Gokarna, Air 2004 Bom 345 

4. Maintenance under Section 25, when Appeal against Divorce Pending : 
i. Surendra Kumar Bhansali v. Judge, Family Court, Air 2004 Raj 257 

5. Husband's Remarrying Sufficient Cause for First Wife's Withdrawal & Claiming Maintenance : 
i. Ashabi B. Takke v. Bashasab Takke, Air 2003 Kant 172 

6. Order of Dismissal of Main Decree Not "Any Decree" under Section 25 : 
i. Chand Dhawan v. Jawaharlal Dhawan, (1993) 3 SCC 406 

7. Husband's Right to Maintenance from Wife : 
i. Lalit Mohan v. Tripta Devi, Air 1990 J&K 7 

XX. MAINTENANCE UNDER HINDU ADOPTIONS, AND MAINTENANCE ACT : 
1. Maintenance - Wife not Entitled if Marriage Void but Damages Granted : 
i. Ranjit Kumar Bhattacharya v. Sabita Bhattacharya, Air 1996 Cal 301 

2. No Maintenance to Wife when Marriage is Void : 
i. Suresh Khullar v. Vijay Khullar, Air 2002 Del 373 

3. Maintenance to Wife - Arrangement to Live Separately is Not Divorce : 
i. Bouramma v. Siddappa Jeevappa Patarad, Air 2003 Kant 342 

4. Maintenance Claim by Wife - Jurisdiction of Court : 
i. Sucheta Dilip Ghate v. Dilip Shanta Ram Ghate, Air 2003 Bom 390 

5. Maintenance Claim by Wife - Considerations : 
i. Meenu Chopra v. Deepak Chopra, Air 2002 Del 131 

6. Maintenance - whether Includes Right to Reside in Tenanted Premises : 
i. Ajit Bhagwandes Udeshi v Kumud Ajit Udeshi, Air 2003 Bom 120 

7. Right of Residence as Maintenance - a Personal Right; is not Inheritable : 
i. Sheela Rani v. Jagdish Chander Sharma, Air 2004 Del 158 

8. Maintenance for Mother - whether she has a Legal Right to Stay in House of Sons : 
i. Anandi D Jadhav v. Nirmala Ramchandra Kore, Air 2000 SC 1386 : (2000) 3 SCC 703 

9. Adult Unmarried Daughter's Right to Maintenance : 
i. Viswambharan v. Dhanya, Air 2005 Ker 91 

10. Widowed Daughter-in-law's Right to Maintenance : 
i. Balbir Kaur v. Marinder Kaur, Air 2003 P&H 174 

11. Maintenance - Protection against Mala Fide Transfers : 
i. Kangal v. Atwariya Devi, Air 2002 All 77 

12. Mala Fide Transfer of Property cannot Defeat Wife's Claim for Maintenance : 
i. Harilal v. Balvantia, Air 1998 All 211 

XXI. MAINTENANCE UNDER CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE : 
1. Compliance of All Essential Ceremonies not Necessary to Establish Legal Marriage : 
i. Dwarika Prasad Satpathy v. Bidyut Prava Dixit, 2000 Cr LJ 1 (SC) : Air 1999 SC 3348 : (1999) 7 SCC 675 : (1999) 8 JT 329 : (1999) 6 Scale 579 : (1999) 8 Supreme 602 : (2000) Cr LR (SC) 41 

2. No Maintenance to Wife where Marriage Void : 
i. Savitaben Somabhai Bhatiya v. State of Gujarat, Air 2005 SC 1809 
ii. Yamunabai Anantra Adhav v. Anantrao Shivram Adhav, Air 1988 SC 644 : (1998) 1 SCC 530 : (1988) 2 SCR 807 : (1998)Cr LR 112 

3. Army Officer's Wife may Claim Maintenance under Army Act as Well : 
i. Capt. Suneel v. Union of India, Air 2004 Del 95 

4. Woman Living with a Man cannot be Equated as Wife : 
i. Malti v. State of Uttar Pradesh, 2000 Cri LJ 4170 (All) 

5. Decree of Restitution against Wife - no Bar to her Maintenance Claim : 
i. Pandit Dattaraya Kulkarni v. Laxmi Pandit Kulkarni, (2001) 1 Femi-Juris CC 47 (Bom) 

6. Maintenance Claim by wife - Considerations : 
i. Bhagwan Dutt v. Kanta Devi, Air 1975 SC 83 : (1975) 2 SCC 386 : (1975) 2 SCR 483 : (1975) 1 SCJ 143 : (1975) Cr LJ 340 

7. Relevance of Non-applicant's Income and Capacity : 
i. K.M.P. Kovilamma v. Moopil Eradi, (1973) Cri LJ 1878 

8. Capacity to Maintain - Presumption : 
i. Dasarathi Ghosh v. Anuradha Ghosh, 1988 Cri LJ 64 (Cal) 

9. Husband becoming Sadhu, not Absolved of Liability to Maintain Wife : 
i. Hardev Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh, 1995 Cri LJ 1652 (All) 

10. Surrender of Right to Claim Maintenance Vide Settlement Deed - No Bar to Subsequent Claim : 
i. Bai Laxmiben v. Bharathbhai, 1986 Cri LJ 1418 (Guj) 

11. Earlier Compromised Agreement - No Bar to Subsequent Claim for Enhancement : 
i. Joydel Kumar Biswas v. Madhuri Biswas, 1994 Cri LJ 3342 (Cal) 

12. Mode of Divorce Immaterial to Claim for Maintenance by Wife : 
i. Kongini Balan v. M. Visalakshy, (1986) Cri LJ 697 (Ker) 

13. Wife's Right to Claim Compensation in View of her Right to Maintenance : 
i. Sachdeva Rice Mills v. Raj Anand, AIR 1988 P&H 136 

14. Interim Maintenance Order : 
i. Savitri v. Govind Singh, (1986) Cri LJ 41 (SC) 

15. Only Arrears Till Husband's Life can be Recovered : 
i. Prithviraj Singh v. Pavanvir Singh, (1986) Cri LJ 1432 (P&H) 

16. Bar of Limitation - When Applicable : 
i. Shantha v. B.G. Shivananjappa, Air 2005 SC 2410 : Manu/SC/0366/2005 

17. Quantum of Maintenance : 
i. Captain Ramesh Chander Kaushal v. Veena Kaushal, Air 1978 SC 1807 

18. Wife's Claim for Maintenance does not Stand Satisfied after Defaulting Husband's Imprisonment for Non-payment : 
i. Kuldip Kaur v. Surinder Singh, (1989) Cr LJ 794 (SC) : Air 1989 SC 232 : (1989) 1 SCC 405 : 1988 Supp (3) SCR 762 : (1989)Cr LR 25 

19. Parent may Claim Maintenance from Any One of their Children : 
i. Mahendra Kumar Gaikwad v. Gulabbhai, (2001) Cri LJ 2111 (Bom) 

20. Father Claiming Maintenance from One of Several Children-no Violation of Article 14 of Constitution : 
i. Ahathinamilgai v. Arumugham, (1988) Cri LJ 6 (Mad) 

21. Father not Unable to Maintain himself - not Entitled : 
i. Attar Singh Jain v. Amit Singh Jain, (1982) Cri LJ 211 (Del) 

22. Married Minor Daughter's Right to Claim Maintenance : 
i. Ramchoddas Narottamdas v. Emperor, Air 1949 Bom 36 

23. Married Daughter's Liability to Maintain Parents : 
i. V.M. Arbat v. Kashirao, Air 1987 SC 1100 

24. Mother's Liability to Maintain Children : 
i. T.P.S.H. Selva Saroja v. T.P.S.H. Sasinathan, (1989) Cri LJ 2032 (Mad) 

25. Mother does not Include Step - Mother : 
i. Kirtikant D. Vadodaria v. State of Cujarat, 1996 (4) Scale 44 : (1996) 4 SCC 479 : (1996) 3 SCJ 581 : (1996) 2 Crimes 119 

26. Execution of Maintenance Orders Made by Gram Panchayat : 
i. Padmo v. Surat Ram, 2003 Cri LJ 237 (HP) 

27. Maintenance Claim by Mother - Court of Jurisdiction : 
i. Ganga Sharan Varshney v. Shakuntala Devi, 1990 Cri LJ 128 (All) 

28. Maintenance Claim by Father - Court of Jurisdiction : 
i. Ananth Gopal v. Gopal Narayan, 1985 Cri LJ 152 (Kant) 
ii. N.B. Bhikshu v. State of A.P., 1993 Cri LJ 3280 (AP) 
iii. Vijay Kumar Prasad v. State of Bihar, Air 2004 SC 2123 

29. Payment of Customary Amounts : 
i. Thilothama v. Kunjappan, 1983 Cri LJ 273 (Ker) 

30. Can Payment under Customary Law Absolve Husband of his Liability under the Code of Criminal Procedure : 
i. Bai Tahira v. Ali Hussain Fidalli, Air 1979 SC 362 : 1979 Cr LJ 151 : 1978 Cr App R (SC) 418 : 81 Punj LR 218 : 1979 Mat LR 128 : 1979 Mah LJ 95 : 1979 MPLJ 132 : (1979) 2 SCC 316 : 1979 SCC (Cri) 473 : (1979) UJ (SC) 150 : 1978 Cr LR (SC) 616 : (1979) 2 SCR 75 : (1979) 6 Cr LT 28 : 1980 Hindu LR 766 : 1979 LS (SC) 27 : 1979 Chand Cr C 22 : 1980 Mad LW (Cr) 252 

31. Muslim Husband's Liability under Section 125 : 
i. Mohd. Ahmad Khan v. Shah Bano Begum, Air 1985 SC 945 

32. Minor Children's Right to Maintenance under the Code is not Defeated by Section 3 of Muslim Women (Protection of Rights Divorce) Act, 1986 : 
i. Naseem v. State of Uttar Pradesh, 1999 Cr LJ 301 (All) 

33. Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act does not affect Right of Minor Children of Divorced Muslim Parents to Claim Maintenance under the Code : 
i. Noor Saba Khatoon v. Mohd Quasim, Air 1997 SC' 3280 : (1997) 6 SCC 233 : (1997) Cr LJ 3972 : 1997 SCC (Cri) 924 : (1997)2 KLT 363 

XXII. CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE LAW : 
1. Pre-amendment Act (Divorce Law) : 
i. Ammini E.J. v. Union of India, Air 1995 Ker 252 
ii. Jorden Diengdeh v. S.S. Chopra, Air 1985 SC 935 : (1985) 3 SCC 62 : 1985 Supp (1) SCR 704 : (1986) 1 UJ 247 : (1985) 2 CCC 509 
iii. Reynold Rajamani v. Union of India, Air 1982 SC 1261 : (1982) 2 SCC 474 : (1983) 1 SCR 32 : (1982) Car 223 : (1982) UJ 570 

2. Amendment of Divorce Act - Operation to be Prospective : 
i. Deepa Raj Kumar Singh v. Deepak Kumar, Air 2005 Pat 71 (FB) 

3. Vasectomy is Not Impotency But Concealment of Same is Fraud Entitling Wife to Decree of Annulment : 
i. Best Morning v. Nirmalendu, Air 1987 Gau 63 

4. Statutory Law and not the Ecclesiastical Law to Govern Matrimonial Matters : 
i. Molly Joseph v. George Sebastian, Air 1997 SC 109 

XXIII. MUSLIM LAW : 
1. Validity of Marriage : 
i. Ghulam Kubra Bibi v. Md. Shafi Mohammad Din, Air 1940 Peshawar (2) 

2. Marriage - "Assurance" is not "Acceptance" to Marry : 
i. Rasida Khatun v. S.K. Islam, Air 2005 Ori 56 

3. Legal Status of Marriage with a Pregnant Woman : 
i. Amina v. Hassan Koya, Air 2004 SC 1227 

4. Dissolution of Marriage in Terms of a Compromise : 
i. Md. Abdul Zalil Ahmed v. Marina Begum, Air 1999 Gau 28 

5. First Wife may Refuse Restitution where Husband Marries Another Woman : 
i. Itwari v. Asghari, Air 1960 All 684 

6. Maintenance - Earlier under section 125, Cr. P.C. - Later under Section 3 of Muslim Women Act, 1986 - Held Abuse of the Process of Court : 
i. Sayeed Khan Faujdar Khan v. Zaheba Begum, Air 2006 Bom 39 

7. Husband's Failure to Maintain - Wife's Ground for Divorce : 
i. A. Yousuf Raw them v. Sowramma, Air 1971 Ker 261 

8. Impotency : 
i. Altaian v. Ibrahim, Air 1924 All 116 
ii. Abdul Azeem v. Fahimunnisa, Air 1964 Mys 226 

9. Option of Puberty : 
i. Ghulam Sakina v. Falak Sher Allah Baksh, Air 1950 Lah 45 

10. Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act and Theory of Breakdown of Marriage : 
i. Amma Khatoon v. Kashim Ansari, Air 2001 Jhar 28 

11. Talaq' to be Effective, has to be Explicitly 'Pronounced' : 
i. Shamim Ara v. State of Uttar Pradesh, 2002 (7) Scale 183 

12. Constitutional Validity of Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act : 
i. Danial Latifi v. Union of India, 2001 (6) Scale 357 : 2001 (7) Supreme 297 : (2001) 8 JT 218 : 2001 (2) DMC 714 : (2001) 7 SCC 740 : 2001 (2) HLR 528 

XXIV. SPECIAL MARRIAGE ACT : 
1. Wife's Virginity is no Proof of Husband's Impotency : 
i. Bhaswati Sarkar v. Angshuman Sarkar, Air 2000 Cal 210 

2. Adultery : 
i. K.J. v. Smti K. w/o K.J., Air 1952 Nag 395 

3. Alimony : 
i. Aruna Basu Mullick v. Dorothea Mitra, Air 1983 SC 916 : (1983) 3 SCC 522 : (1983) 3 SCR 516 : (1983) Car 369 : (1983) UJ 755 

XXV. Adoption : 
1. Adoption - Age Difference is Mandatory : 
i. Hanmant Laxman Salunke v. Shrirang Narayan Kanse, Air 2006 Bom 123 

2. Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act not Applicable to Pre-Act Adoptions : 
i. Nagireddi Lakshmi v. Nagireddi Nagaraju, Air 2005 AP 17 

3. Wife's Consent Necessary for Adoption : 
i. Siddaramappa v. Gouravva, Air 2004 Kant 230 

4. Co-widow's Consent not Required for Adoption : 
i. Vijaylakshmamma v. B.T. Shankar, Air 2001 SC 1424 

5. Widowed Mother-in-law's Right to Adopt : 
i. Ashabai Kate v. Vithal Bhika Nade, Air 1990 SC 670 
ii. Ningappa v. Shivappa, 1994 AIHC 2068 (Karn) 

6. Presumption of Validity of Registered Adoption : 
i. Ranjit Singh Dhillon v. Punjab School Education Board, Air 2004 P&H 382 
ii. Jai Singh v. Shakuntala, Air 2002 SC 1428 

7. Validity of Ante-adoption Agreements : 
i. Jupudi Vonkata Vijaya Bhartiar v. Jupudi Kesava Rao, Air 2003 SC 3314 

8. Holding of Joint Accounts - no Presumption of Adoption : 
i. Nilima Mukherjee v. Kanta Bhusan Chosh, Air 2001 SC 2725 : 2001 (6) Supreme 175 : 2001 (6) JT 486 : 2001 (3) CCC 219 : (2001) 6 SCC 660 : 2001 (2) HLR 250 : 2001 (2) RLR 295 : 2001 (4) Civil LJ 528 

9. Merely Bringing up Step-child - no Proof of Adoption : 
i. Ram Das v. Gandiabai, Air 1997 SC 1563 : (1997) 1 SCC 74 

10. Mere Fact of Living in Same House - no Proof of Adoption : 
i. Prafulla Bala Mukherjee v. Satish Chandra Mukherjee, Air 1998 Cal 86 

11. Adopted Child cannot Take Away Right of Parents to Dispose of Property : 
i. Ugre Gowda v. Nagegowda, Air 2004 SC 3974 
ii. Chiranjilal Srilal Goenka v. Jasjit Singh, Air 2001 SC 266 

12. Adoption by Divorced Female before Re-marriage and Proxy Adoption : 
i. Narinderjit Kaur v. Union of India, Air 1997 P&H 280 

13. Adoption by Widow under Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act - Would Child be Deemed to be Child of Deceased Husband too : 
i. Sawan Ramu v. Kalawanti, Air 1967SC 1761 : (1967) 3 SCR 687 

14. Caste Changes upon Adoption : 
i. Khazan Singh v. Union of India, Air 1980 Del 60 

15. No Divesting on Adoption : 
i. Kisan Baburao Memane v. Suresh Sadu Memane, Air 1996 Bom 50 

16. Multiple Adoption not Permissible : 
i. Sandhya v. Union of India, Air 1998 Bom 228 

17. Guidelines for Foreign Adoptions : 
i. Lakshmi Kant Pandey v. Union of India, Air 1984 SC 469 : (1984) 2 SCC 244 : (1984) 2 SCR 795 : (1984) Cr LR (SC) 127 

18. Guidelines do not Apply when Child given in Adoption to Foreign Couple by Biological Parent : 
i. Anokha v. State of Rajasthan, Air 2004 SC 2820 

19. Adoption - Right Flows from Article 21 of Constitution - Adoption by Christian Couple : 
i. Philips Alfred Malsvin v. V.J. Gonsalves, Air 1999 Ker 187 

XXVI. HINDU SUCCESSION ACT : 
1. Widow's Right : 
i. V.V. Subba Rao v. Chattapalli Seetharamaratna Ranganayakamma, Air 1997 SC 3082 
ii. Raghubir Singh v. Gulab Singh, Air 1998 SC 2401 : (1998) 6 SCC 314 

2. Widow's Pre-Act Void Marriage - Affect on her Right : 
i. Velamuri Venkata Sivaprasad v. Kothuri Venkateswarlu, Air 2000 SC 434 : (2000) 2 SCC (139) 

3. Widow's Right - Entire Ancestral Property cannot be given : 
i. Gulabrao Balwant Rao Shinde v. Chhabubai Balwant, Rao Shinde, Air 2003 SC 16 

4. Absolute Right : 
i. Mangal Mal v. Punni Devi, Air 1996 SC 172 
ii. C. Masilmani Muddaliar v. Idol of Swaminathaswami, Air 1996 SC 1697 : (1996) 8 SCC 525 

5. Widowed Daughter-in-law : 
i. V. Muthusami v. Angammal, Air 2002 SC 1279 
ii. Daljit Singh v. Dara Singh, Air 2000 Del 292 

6. Dwelling-house and Female Heirs : 
i. Kamal Basu Mazumdar v, Usha Bhadra Chowdhury, Air 2004 Cal 185 
ii. Narasimha Murthy v. Susheelabai, Air 1996 SC 1826 : (1996) 3 SCC 644 
iii. S. Narayanan v. Meenakshi, Air 2006 Ker 143 

7. Married Daughter's Right - Meaning of Compensation : 
i. Naraini Bai v. State of Haryana, Air 2004 P&H 206 

8. Karnataka Amendment and Married Daughter's Right : 
i. Nanjamma v. Stale of Karnataka, 1999 AIHC 3003 (Kant) 

9. Step-Son’s Right : 
i. Bhagwan Dass v. Prabhati Ram, Air 2004 Del 137 
ii. Rattan Prakash v. Bela Sihare, Air 1966 Del 356 

10. Wife of Murderer's Son Disqualified : 
i. Veallikannu v. R. Singaperumal, Air 2005 SC 2587 : (2005) 6 SCC 622 

11. Time for Ascertaining Heirship : 
i. Seethalakshmi Ammal v. Muthuvenkatarama Iyengar, Air 1988 SC 1692 

12. Devolution of Property of Female : 
i. Bhagat Ram v. Teja Singh, Air 2002 SC 1 

14. Right of Pre-emption : 
i. Ganeshappa v. Krishnamma, Air 2005 Karn 160 

15. Act not Applicable to Scheduled Tribes : 
i. Kailash Singh v. Mewalal Singh Gond, Air 2002 MP 112 

XXVII. INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT : 
1. Unequal Distribution in a will Per se is not Suspicious Circumstance : 
i. Sridevi v. Jayaraja Shetty, Air 2005 SC 780 : (2005) 2 SCC 784 : (2005) 99 Cut LT 487 

2. Repeal of Travancore Christian Succession Act : 
i. Mary Roy v. State of Kerala, Air 1986 SC 1011 : (1986) 2 SCC 209 : (1986) 1 SCR 371 : (1986) 1 SCJ 416 

3. Testamentary Dispositions - Discriminatory Provisions are Ultra Vires Constitution : 
i. Vallamattom v. Union of India, Air 2003 SC 2902 

XXVIII. GUARDIANSHIP AND CUSTODY : 
1. Constitutional Validity of Some Sections under Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act and Guardians and Wards Act : 
i. Githa Hariharan v. Reserve Bank of India, and Vandana Shiva v. Bandhopadhyaya, Air 1999 SC 1149 : (1999) 2 SCC 228 : (1999) 1JT 524 : (1999) 1 Scale 490 : (1999) 2 Supreme 123 : (1999) 1 SCJ 464 : (1999) 236 ITR 380 : (1999) 2 Civ LJ 396 : (1999) 2 ICC 1 

2. Legal Right of Party is Immaterial : 
i. Rajesh K. Gupta v. Ram Gopal Agarwala, Air 2005 SC 2426 : (2005) 5 SCC 359 : 2005 Cr LJ (2581) : (2005) 119 DLT 430 

3. Fact that Mother is Working - not to Affect her Right to Child's Custody (Case under Parsi Law) : 
i. Thrity Hoshie Dolikuka v. Hoshiam Shavaksha Dholikuka, Air 1982 SC 1276 : (1982) 2 SCC 544 : (1983) 1 SCR 49 : (1982) Car 281 : (1982) 2 DMC 288 

4. Superior Financial Position of Any Party - per se - no Consideration : 
i. Surabhai Ravi Kumar Minawala v. State of Gujarat, Air 2005 Guj 149 

5. Mother's Re-marriage - not to Affect her Right to Custody : 
i. Keshav Ganpatrao Medav v. Damodar Udaramji Kandrikar, Air 2005 Bom 118 

6. Custody to Parent Living Outside Court's Jurisdiction : 
i. Margyaret v. Chacko, Air 1971 Ker 1 

7. Mother Flouting Court Custody Order - Yet Custody Awarded in View of Welfare of Children : 
i. Sarita Sharma v. Sushil Sharma, JT 2000 (2) SC 258 : (2000) 3 SCC 14 

8. Father Flouting Court Order - Yet Visitation given Keeping in View Child's Welfare : 
i. Elizabeth Dinshaw v. Arvand M. Dinshaw, Air 1987 SC 3 : (1987) 1 SCC 42 : (1987) 1 SCR 175 : (1987) 1 SC] 134 : (1987)Cr LR 117 

9. Guardianship given to Paternal Grandfather Despite Adoption by Maternal Grandfather : 
i. Jai Prakash Khadria v. Shyam Sunder Agarwala, Air 2000 SC 2172 : (2006) 6 SCC 598 

10. Jurisdiction in Child Custody Suit : 
i. Sarabjit v. Piara Lal, Air 2005 P&H 237 
ii. Amal Saha v. Basana Saha, Air 1988 GAU 22 

11. No Third Party Intervention in Custody Dispute when Both Parents Alive : 
i. Akash v. State of Andhra Pradesh, Air 2000 AP 261 

12. Custody and Muslim Law - Mother not Earning No Bar to her Custody Claim : 
i. Wazid Ali v. Rehana Anjum, Air 2005 MP 141 

13. Custody and Muslim Law : 
i. Poolakkal Ayisakutty v. Parat Abdul Samad, Air 2005 Ker 68 
ii. Irfan Ahmad Shaikh v. Mumtaz, Air 1999 Bom 25 

14. Welfare of Child and not Legal Right of the Parties to be Considered : 
i. Farjanabai v. S.K. Ayub Dadamiya, Air 1989 Bom 357 

XXIX. FAMILY COURTS : 
1. Constitutional Validity of Family Courts Act : 
i. Lata Pimple v. Union of India, Air 1993 Bom 255 

2. Family Courts : Legal Assistance : 
i. Kailash Bhansali v. Surender Kumar, Air 2000 Raj 390 
ii. Leela Mahadeo Joshi v. Mahadeo Sitaram Joshi, Air 1991 Bom 51 
iii. Cyprian D'Souza v. Rene D'Souza, Air 2003 Kant 64 

3. Family Court - Appearance of Recognised Agent Not Barred : 
i. Pavithra v. Rahul Raj, Air 2003 Mad 138 

4. Family Courts : Jurisdiction : 
i. K.A. Abdul Jaleel v. T.A. Shahida, Air 2003 SC 2525 
ii. Leby Issac v. Leena M. Ninan, Air 2005 Ker 285 

XXX. Miscellaneous : 
1. Minor Girl Filing Petition for Repudiation through Brother even while Father Alive : 
i. Ramesh Kumar v. Sunita Devi, Air 2005 P&H 55 

2. Adultery - Finding in Maintenance Proceedings under Section 125, Cr. P.C., can be used in Subsequent Divorce Proceedings : 
i. Narayan Rath v. Kuntala Kumari Rath, Air 2005 Ori 49 

3. Settlement Deed per se does not Confer Absolute Right in Properties : 
i. Kokilambal v. N. Raman, Air 2005 SC 2468 : (2005) 11 SCC 234 

4. Allegations of Dowry Harassment where Marriage not Valid : 
i. Reema Aggarwal v. Anupam, Air 2004 SC 1418 

5. Application for Transfer of Divorce Case from One Jurisdiction to Another - Considerations : 
i. V. Sailaja v. Koteshwar Rao, Air 2003 AP 178 

6. Court's Inherent Powers to Quash Proceedings Under Section 498A etc., IPC : 
i. B.S. Joshi v. State of Haryana, (2003) 4 SCC 675 

7. Forfeiture of Property under Smuggler's Act - Wife cannot Challenge Forfeiture as 'Aggrieved' : 
i. Shobha Suresh Jumani v. Appellate Tribunal, Forfeited Property, Air 2001 SC 2288 : 2001 (4) Supreme 36 : 2001 (249) ITR 405 : 2001 (2) Crimes 310 : 2001 (2) All Cr LR 801 : 2001 (76) ECCI : 2001 Cr LJ 2583 : 2001 (163) Taxation 376 : (2001) 5 SCC 755 : 2001 SCC (Cri) 1334 

8. Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act : Alienation of Minor's Property : 
i. Vishwambar v. Laxminarayana, Air 2001 SC 2607 : 2001 (5) Supreme 220 : 2001 (5) JT 539 : 2001 (132) ELT 15 : 2001 (3) CCC 66 : (2001) 6 SCC 163 : 2001 (1) HLR 321 : 2001 (4) Civil LJ 173 

9. Right of Children of Void Marriage : 
i. Rameshwari Devi v. State of Bihar, Air 2000 SC 735 : (2000) 2 SCC 431 : 2000 SCC (L&S) 276 : Air SC 735 : (2000) 2 LLN 15 : (2000) 1 LLJ 1087 : 2000 Lab 1C 976 

10. Wife Allegedly Duped into Signing Divorce Papers : Ex-parte Decree - Court Ought to have Allowed Appeal against : 
i. Balwinder Kaur v. Hardeep Singh, Air 1998 SC 764 : (1997) 11 SCC 701 

11. Fraudulent Divorce Petition through Impostor : 
i. Sanjay Singh v. Garima Singh, (1998) 8 SCC 375 

12. Ex-parte Decree - whether Abates on Death of Decree-holder : 
i. Yallawa v. Shantavva, Air 1997 SC 35 : (1997) 11 SCC 159 

13. Failure to Appear in Reconciliation Proceedings - Court cannot Strike Down Defence : 
i. Love Kumar v. Sunita Puri, Air 1997 P&H 189 

14. No Divorce Decree on Basis of Conciliator's Recommendations : 
i. Raj Kumar Bansal v. Anjana Kumari, Air 1995 P&H 18 

15. Stridhana : Criminal Breach of Trust and Misappropriation : 
i. Pratibha Rani v. Suraj Kumar, Air 1985 SC 628 

15. Parsi Law - Presence of Delegates in Matrimonial Trials : 
i. Pistonji Kekobund Bharucha v. Aloo, Air 1984 Bom 75 

17. Spouse Ceasing to be Hindu - Locus to File Petition under Hindu Marriage Act : 
i. Vilayat Raj v. Sunita, Air 1983 Del 351 : (1985) 2 SCC 370 : (1985) 3 SCR 191 : (1985) Cr LJ 817 : (1985) Car 96 : (1985)155 ITR 190 

18. Bigamous Marriage - Second Marriage should be Legally Valid for Conviction : 
i. Bhaurao Shankar Lokkande v. State of Maharashtra, Air 1965 SC 1564 : (1965) 2 SCR 837 : (1965) 2 Cr LJ 544 

19. Constitutional Validity of Anti-bigamy Provisions in Hindu Marriage Act : 
i. Ram Prasad v. State of Uttar Pradesh, Air 1961 All 334

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