Streedhan recovery in India including jewellery and legal rights

Streedhan Recovery in India: The Complete 2026 Guide

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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Denial of intimacy as grounds for divorce in India

Is Denying Your Spouse Intimacy Grounds for Divorce?

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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Kerala High Court 2026 ruling on wife maintenance claim after property sale

Can Your Wife Claim Maintenance From Your Property Even After You Sell It?

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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Supreme Court 2026 ruling on interim maintenance and adultery

Can a Wife Lose Interim Maintenance If Her Husband Proves Adultery?

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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Supreme Court rules a wife's career alone is not cruelty in divorce cases under the Hindu Marriage Act.

Can Your Wife’s Career Be Called “Cruelty” in a Divorce? 

By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 A version of this question comes up in almost every consultation where a husband is building a cruelty or desertion case: “She put her career first — doesn’t that count against her?” In May 2026, the Supreme Court answered this more directly […]
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How Long Does Mutual Divorce Take in India? Real Timeline 2026 – Advocate Karan Dua

How Long Does Mutual Divorce Take in India? Real Timeline (2026)

By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: Aug 2026 When both of you have already decided, waiting eighteen months for a piece of paper to catch up feels absurd. That’s the frustration I hear in almost every mutual divorce consultation. The hard part is done — the difficult conversations, the settlement, […]
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Child custody case in India

How to Win a Custody Case in India

By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: July 2026 A client once sat across my desk and asked me exactly one question: “Just tell me how to win.” She wasn’t interested in the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act. She wasn’t interested in case citations. She wanted her son back in her […]
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