Chamber of Advocate Narendra Vishnu Sankpal

03/08/2026

Husband Cannot Be Directed To Both Maintain Fixed Deposit For Child & Pay Monthly Child Maintenance Separately: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that while a father may voluntarily create a fixed deposit to secure the future of his child, such a deposit cannot be treated as a substitute for monthly...

03/08/2026

Section 498A IPC Covers Live-In Relationships That Qualify As "Relationships In Nature Of Marriage" Between Consenting Adults With Intent To Marry: Supreme Court

The Apex Court held that Section 498A IPC can apply to live-in relationships qualifying as relationships in the nature of marriage, but restricted the ruling to consenting adults and added that intent...

16/07/2026

*NOC From Previous Counsel Only A Matter Of 'Good Practice'; Duly Authorized New Advocate Can Press Bail Without It*: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) recently clarified that obtaining a 'No Objection Certificate' (NOC) from a previous counsel is merely a matter of "good practice" and not a...

16/07/2026

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04/07/2026

Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Delhi HC Order Allowing Wife To Seek Husband's Hotel, CDR Records To Prove Adultery

The Supreme Court refused to interfere with the Delhi High Court ruling permitting a wife to summon hotel records and the call detail records (CDRs) of her husband in matrimonial proceedings to...

04/07/2026

Representation Of People Act Doesn't Apply To Municipal Elections : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that the penal provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (RPA) do not apply to municipal elections, clarifying that candidates accused of filing false...

01/07/2026

Maintenance Can't Be Demanded From Man If DNA Test Shows He's Not Child's Father : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that when a DNA test conclusively establishes that a man is not the biological father of a child, he cannot be directed to pay maintenance, even though the child was born...

18/06/2026

Judge Can't Sit Like 'Sphinx' During Trial; Obliged To Engage With Bar, Question Witnesses To Clear Suspicions: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently observed that the Indian Evidence Act enables a judge to ask any question that he pleases during trial with respect to any relevant or irrelevant fact during the trial....

18/06/2026

Working Woman Can Attend Proceedings Online, No Hardship Shown: Bombay High Court Rejects Transfer

Bombay High Court declined a wife's request to transfer her husband's divorce case from Mehkar to Nanded, holding that she could attend proceedings online and had failed to establish genuine hardship.

01/06/2026

Source: The Times of India

MUMBAI: A magistrate’s court in the city has held that a man repeatedly stealing money from his daughter-inlaw’s purse to buy alcohol amounts to economic domestic violence. The observation came while directing a 40year-old Lalbaug man to pay Rs 21.5 lakh in rent and maintenance arrears to his es...