India: Family and Matrimonial

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.

Family settlements also known as family arrangements are agreements entered into by family members to resolve property disputes, often relating to inheritance, without resorting to litigation.

In this episode of Podcast Bites powered by INDIALAW LLP, host Brian Noronha examines a significant ruling of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India interpreting the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956.

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

Family settlements also known as family arrangements are agreements entered into by family members to resolve property disputes, often relating to inheritance, without resorting to litigation.

The right of an executor or legatee only gets established after a court of competent jurisdiction has granted probate of the will under which the right is claimed.

The Indian Succession Act, 1925 has long governed the law relating to wills, probate, and succession in India.