Pro-women divorce bill gets Cabinet nod
In a bid to make divorce more women-friendly, the Union Cabinet on Thursday gave its nod to few more amendments in the Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, which include a clearly defined share in husban
Michelle contemplated divorcing Barack Obama in 2000: Book
Michelle Obama contemplated divorcing Barack Obama in 2000 after he ignored her advice not to run for a House seat in Chicago, making him so 'depressed' that friends feared he might commit suicide, sa
Sex-starved marriages boosting divorces: HC
Increasingly fed-up with ‘sex-starved’ marriages, more and more couples were seeking divorces these days. This was observed by the Delhi High court while upholding a man’s plea for divorce on the grou
'Denying sex to spouse cruelty, ground for marriage annulment'
Wilful denial of sex, including that on the first night after wedding, by either of the spouse amounts to cruelty and can be a ground for dissolution of the marriage, the Delhi High Court has ruled.
Cabinet passes Bill granting wife right in husband's property
A bill seeking to give a woman a share in her husband's property was approved by the Union Cabinet on Friday.
Apart from giving women the right to their husband's property, the Marriage Laws (Amendm
Redrafted bill seeks to make divorce process easier
A redrafted bill seeking to make divorce process easier by including 'irretrievable breakdown of marriage' a fresh ground for break up and courts been given the right to decide on the mandatory 'cooli
Divorce can be granted if either spouse mentally unsound: SC
A husband or a wife is entitled to divorce if either spouse is found to be mentally unsound or indulges in cruelty, the Supreme Court has held.
A bench of justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan in a
Quake blamed for rise in divorces
New Delhi: More people got divorced in Southwest China's Sichuan province than in any other part of the country in the first three quarters of this year, with some experts blaming the devastating Wenc
'Forget 7-year itch, couples more likely to split after 12 years'
New York, July 17: The seven-year itch may just be a marital myth after all - a new study has claimed that couples are most likely to part ways after a decade or more of marriage as they experience th