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Dear Client,
In the context, you may go through the Office Memo No.12017/02/2017-SCD (R.L.Cell) dated 03.10.2019 issued by the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India clarifying the legal status of the caste of the children born out of inter-caste marriage based on the judgment passed by Supreme Court in in Rameshbhai Dabhai Naika Vs. State of Gujarat and Ors. (2012) 3 SCC 400 and the judgment dated 14/08/2019 passed by the

Dear Client,
When a civil suit claiming title of an immovable property is sub-judice(pending) before the Court, both the parties to the suit have to maintain the status quo of the suit property or obtain permission from the Court to execute a settlement deed or relinquishment deed touching or affecting the title of the suit property from the concerned Court where the case is pending, otherwise, the party affecting the status quo of the suit property, may face prosecution including contempt of c

Dear Client,
If the 498A is filed long after the marriage ended or after the divorce petition, courts question its validity, as it suggests misuse for harassment rather than genuine grievance. Filing a criminal case merely to counter a divorce petition (a "counterblast") is viewed negatively by courts and can lead to quashing. A complaint lodged u/s. 498A of IPC after in course of pending divorce suit may be considered as an afterthought by the Court. A strong 498A case can influence settlemen

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If you want court backing, you may file a declaratory suit or defend her case while issuing talaq properly.

If divorce happens without consummation:

No Mehr payable if prompt dower was not fixed

Maintenance limited to Iddat period only, and that too based on income

In many similar cases, courts have ordered ₹0 to ₹3,000/month, or dismissed interim maintenance.

Dear Client,
Your query lacks information. In the query, you neither mention the age of the person to be adopted nor the age of the adoptive parents. However, be informed that only a person under 18 years of age can be legally adopted in India. The maximum age for a single parent to adopt is 55 years, and the maximum composite age for a couple is 110 years. According to Section 4(a) of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act,1956, the age of majority is 18, but if a person is under the care of a

Dear Client,
Your query suffers from a lack of information and transparency to address it suitably. However, be informed that to enforce maintenance order granted under Section 125 of Cr. PC, court can issue various orders, including attachment of the salary or property of the husband. Non-compliance can also lead to imprisonment, as per Section 125(3) of the Cr. PC. To obtain certified copy of the order of maintenance, you need to apply with requisite fees to the Registry of the Court that pa

Dear Client,
Yes, to enforce maintenance order granted under Section 125 of Cr. PC, court can issue various orders, including attachment of the salary or property of the husband. Non-compliance can also lead to imprisonment, as per Section 125(3) of the Cr. PC.

Dear Client,
An individual gets the right to ancestral property by birth. Typically, ancestral property refers to property that has been inherited for four or more generations and has not been divided or sold off. Grandfather's property is ancestral property in the hands of the grandchildren. After the amendment of the Hindu Succession Act in 2005, daughters, regardless of their marital status, were given the right to claim their share both in ancestral property and self-acquired property(if le

Dear Client,
Your query lacks information and transparency to address it properly. However, be informed that both under Section 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, and under Section 125 Cr. PC(Section 144 of BNSS), any person having sufficient means is liable to support his wife and children, provided she is unable to maintain herself and children, once an application is filed by the aggrieved spouse seeking maintenance from her husband in the Family Court. Certain guidelines with regard to mai

Dear Client,
As regards hiring of a new Advocate to represent your DV case in the Court, be informed that a litigant can add any number of advocates to represent him/her in the court; there is no limit to this. He/she can also replace his/her Advocate if he/she has lost faith or confidence in the Advocate. He/she has the right to change counsel at any stage of the court proceedings. Once he/she clears the Advocate's professional bills, he is bound to provide an NOC and if the Advocate is not re