Is It Legal to Hire a Private Investigator for Your Divorce Case?
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 […]
Can Your In-Laws Use the Senior Citizens Act Against You? Two Fresh Rulings Say No
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 […]
Can You Have a Second Child Through Surrogacy in India? The Supreme Court Is Reviewing the Ban
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: September 2026 Second child surrogacy in India is currently restricted under the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021. A married couple who already has a surviving child generally cannot pursue surrogacy for another child, subject to a narrow medical exception. The Supreme Court is examining whether […]
NRI Divorce & Jurisdiction: Which Court Has Authority Under Section 19 HMA in 2026?
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: September 2026 Introduction Which Court Has Jurisdiction in an NRI Divorce ? NRI divorce jurisdiction India is an important issue when one or both spouses live abroad but the marriage, residence, or matrimonial proceedings are connected with India. Section 19 of the Hindu Marriage […]
Is Cryptocurrency Now “Property” You Can Claim in an Indian Divorce?
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: September 2026 We’re starting to get this question more often, and until recently, we didn’t have a particularly satisfying answer. A spouse suspects the other side holds Bitcoin, Ethereum, or some other digital asset that never shows up in a bank statement, and asks […]
Can You Back Out of a Mediation Settlement Once You’ve Signed It? The Supreme Court Just Said No
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: September 2026 We had a client sit across from us a few months ago, mid-mediation, asking a question we hear more often than you’d think: Can you back out of a mediation settlement after signing it? It’s a fair question. Mediation is often presented […]
UCC 2026: The New Ground for Annulment Almost Nobody’s Talking About
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 The Uniform Civil Code stopped being a hypothetical constitutional aspiration a while ago — it’s now operating, real law in three Indian states, with a fourth having formally taken the step this year. Most of the public conversation around this has focused […]
The Marital Rape Exception Case: Where It Actually Stands Right Now
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 The marital rape exception in India remains one of the most significant unresolved constitutional questions in Indian family and criminal law. The Supreme Court is considering whether the legal exception for sexual intercourse between a husband and his adult wife should continue, […]
How Much Compensation Can You Actually Get in a Domestic Violence Case?
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: September 2026 Most conversations about the Domestic Violence Act focus on protection orders and the right to stay in the shared household — genuinely important remedies, but not the only ones available. There’s a separate, often underused provision that can result in real, substantial […]
Does “Shared Household” Protect You If the Property Isn’t Your Husband’s?
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 We hear a version of this misunderstanding constantly, from both sides of the same problem. A wife assumes that because she’s lived in a house for years — even one belonging to her mother-in-law, or her husband’s sister — the “shared household” […]