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August 19, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 We get this call a lot, usually from a couple who’ve just found out about a rule nobody warned them about before they got serious. They’re ready to marry — often across religion or caste, which is exactly why they need the […]
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August 18, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 Two weeks ago, most people would’ve told you the answer was a flat no. Section 498A is about husbands and wives — that’s what the section says, that’s how it’s always been read, end of story. The Supreme Court just changed that […]
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August 17, 2026
Can a widowed daughter-in-law claim maintenance from her father-in-law’s estate in India? By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 This is a situation we don’t get asked about as often as divorce or custody, but when we do, it usually comes from someone in a genuinely difficult position — […]
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August 14, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 This is a question we get asked quietly, often almost apologetically — men assume the law simply doesn’t work this way, or worry about how it will look to raise it. The honest answer is that Indian maintenance law is more gender-neutral […]
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August 13, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 We handle streedhan disputes from both directions — women trying to recover jewellery, gifts, and valuables that a husband or in-laws are refusing to return, and husbands or family members facing accusations over property they insist was never actually handed over, or […]
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August 12, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 This is one of the most distressing calls a father can make to a lawyer — his wife has left, taken their child, and he can’t get a straight answer about when, or whether, he’ll see them again. The instinct is almost […]
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August 11, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 We get asked, carefully and often somewhat hesitantly, whether a marriage where physical intimacy has effectively ended — sometimes for years — gives either spouse a real legal ground to seek divorce. In June 2026, the Supreme Court answered this more directly […]
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August 10, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 We’ve had husbands ask us, sometimes quite bluntly, whether selling or transferring property puts it out of reach of a maintenance claim. We’ve also had wives ask the opposite question, worried that a husband quietly selling assets during a separation means there’s […]
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August 7, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 We field a version of this question from both sides of the table with real frequency. Husbands ask it when they believe they have evidence their wife is in a relationship with someone else and don’t understand why they’re still expected to […]
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August 6, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 I’ve had more than one client sit across from me, visibly shaken, asking some version of the same question: “Can they really put that in front of a judge?” It usually comes up when a spouse threatens — or has already gone […]
