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September 30, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: September 2026 When a marriage breaks down, a child may continue living with the mother and maternal grandparents while the father lives separately. This often leads to an important question: can a father claim custody when the child lives with maternal grandparents? Indian courts […]
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September 29, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: September 2026 When an Indian couple is caught between divorce proceedings in India and another country, an anti-suit injunction in divorce proceedings can become an important legal issue. But can an Indian court actually stop a spouse from continuing a divorce case abroad? The […]
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September 28, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Matrimonial Lawyer in Delhi A matrimonial case can become difficult long before the court decides whether the marriage should end. A Transfer Petition Divorce Case becomes important when a matrimonial proceeding is filed in a court that is far from where one or both spouses are actually living. A wife […]
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September 25, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi Hindu marriage proof is often disputed in matrimonial cases. A voter list, ration card, or other government document naming someone as a spouse does not by itself conclusively establish that a valid Hindu marriage took place. The Patna High Court recently considered this issue and examined […]
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September 24, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi Digital evidence in matrimonial disputes has become increasingly important in modern divorce and family-law cases in India. WhatsApp messages, emails, social media posts, call records and other electronic communications may help establish allegations of cruelty, harassment, infidelity or other matrimonial misconduct, subject to the applicable rules […]
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September 23, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi A husband records a conversation with his wife without telling her. The wife does not know that the conversation is being recorded. She speaks openly, believing that she is having a private conversation with her husband. Some time later, the marriage breaks down and divorce proceedings […]
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September 22, 2026
Published: September 2026 |By Vintage Litigation International Family Law Team International child custody in India can become extremely complicated when one parent lives abroad and a child has connections to both countries. A foreign court may issue a custody order, but that does not necessarily mean an Indian court will enforce it automatically. Delhi courts […]
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September 21, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 A notarized divorce agreement in India does not legally dissolve a Hindu marriage. A notary’s stamp cannot replace the court decree required to legally end a marriage. A man spent over twenty years believing he was legally married. He had a court […]
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September 17, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 Hiring a private investigator for a divorce case in India is not, by itself, illegal. The important question is how the private investigator collects information and evidence. Public photographs, publicly available information and observations in accessible spaces may be legally obtained, while […]
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September 16, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: september 2026 We’ve seen this pattern often enough that it deserves its own honest treatment: a marriage breaks down, and instead of the dispute playing out purely through matrimonial courts, a mother-in-law or father-in-law suddenly files a complaint under the Maintenance and Welfare of […]
