Can a Widowed Daughter-in-Law Claim Maintenance From Her Father-in-Law’s Estate?
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 — […]
Can a Husband Claim Maintenance From His Wife in India?
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 […]
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 […]
Wife Took Away My Child — What Are My Legal Rights as a Father in India?
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Can Your Spouse Use Private Photos Against You in a Divorce Case? Delhi High Court’s 2026 Ruling
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 […]
Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage: Can You Get Divorced After Years of Separation?
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 A man sat in my office last year and told me he and his wife hadn’t lived under the same roof in nineteen years. No children together, no shared property left to fight over, both of them long since built separate lives. […]
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 […]