With the Supreme Court overturning a Madras High Court judgment, couples intending to marry despite family opposition can do so in the presence of advocates and without any public declaration of it
The Delhi High Court has said that “persistent insistence” of a wife to live separately from her husband’s family is act of cruelty. Despite many legal remedies for mental cruelty, this is essentially a social malaise
The Supreme Court in a path-breaking judgment did “complete justice” by expanding its jurisdiction to grant divorce on mutual consent or by declaring irretrievable breakdown of the marriage.