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The Supreme Court was hearing the grievance of the petitioner that because of lock­down, the children are unable to interact with their parents even though they have visitation rights for the purpose. Supreme Court in its order dated 30.04.2020 in case titled  Tanuj Dhawan Vs. Court In Its Own Motion  has directed that Parents Having Visitation Rights To Maintain Contact With Children Via Electronic Means During Lockdown. In India, courts mostly award custody of minor children to mothers while granting visitation and vocational rights to fathers in a soured marriage.  A PIL in the Supreme Court on Thursday sought resolution of the difficulty faced by the parent who has not got custody of children. Petitioner V Srinivas Rao requested a bench of Justices N V Ramana, Sanjay K Kaul and BR Gavai to lay down guidelines for many parents who are unable to meet and interact with their children because of the lockdown. The bench, which was hearing the PIL through video-...

HOW TO FILE FOR MUTUAL DIVORCE   Mutual Consent Divorce is the Simplest Way to Obtain a Divorce decree in India. Mutual Consent Divorce is Granted by The family Court when Both parties to marriage i.e. Husband and Wife Mutually agree to Divorce. Advantages of Mutual Divorce: No need to give reasoning for Divorce , No washing dirty linen in Public, Your privacy is well Guarded. This form of Divorce is Quick and Cost effective and If all papers submitted are satisfactory the hon'ble court Grants it Without Delay. Peaceful way of Obtaining Divorce. Laws Governing Mutual Divorce: In India we have separate personal laws depending upon which Religion One belongs, therefore your religion determines which law shall govern your marriage and Divorce Procedure. Therefore: The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 applies to Those belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhists, and Jains Religion. Special Marriage Act: applies to Those Couples who have opted for Court marriage or Couple belonging from D...

The Supreme Court has held that the rule under Mitakshara law that whenever a male ancestor inherits any property from any of his paternal ancestors upto three degrees above him, then his male legal heirs upto three degrees below him would get an equal right as coparceners in that property will apply in cases of succession which opened before Hindu Succession Act 1956. Applying this rule, the bench of Justices Justices U U Lalit and Indu Malhotra allowed an appeal filed by one Arshnoor Singh, to set aside the sale deeds executed by his father Dharam Singh in 1999. As per the impugned sale deeds, Dharam Singh alienated joint family property to the respondent Harpal Kaur, whom he subsequently married as second wife. Dharam Singh got the properties as per the partition deed executed by his father Inder Singh in 1964. Inder Singh had got the property by way of inheritance from his father Lal Singh when he died in 1951. The sale deeds were challenged by Arshnoor Singh in a suit filed i...