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July 21, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: July 2026 This is, without question, the most practical question a husband in a mutual consent divorce needs answered — and it is almost always answered vaguely or not at all. Every article about maintenance covers how courts calculate it in contested cases. That […]
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July 20, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: July 2026 When both of you have decided — really decided — the last thing you want is to wait eighteen months for a piece of paper to say so officially. This is the most common frustration I hear from clients who come in […]
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July 16, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: July 2026 This is the question I receive most often from women who are not yet at the divorce stage — or who are not sure they want to be. The marriage is broken in every practical sense. She has left the matrimonial home, […]
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July 15, 2026
The Supreme Court’s April 2026 Answer to the Most Common Argument in Every Maintenance Hearing. By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: July 2026 I have heard this argument more times than I can count. A husband sits across from the maintenance court judge. His salary certificate shows a gross […]
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July 14, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: July 2026 He had waited years for meaningful access to his child. When the Family Court finally passed the order, it felt like a breakthrough — overnight custody on specified dates. Real time. Not just a Sunday afternoon, not a supervised visit in a […]
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July 10, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: July 2026 If you’ve been separated from your spouse for years — filing appeal after appeal, attending hearing after hearing, watching your case get adjourned again and again — you already know what a “marriage on paper” feels like. It isn’t a marriage. It’s […]
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July 9, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: July 2026 It is the most common question I receive from husbands at the first consultation — phrased in many different ways, but always the same question underneath. “She walked out three months ago. She’s living with her parents. Now she’s filed for maintenance. […]
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July 8, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: July 2026 Introduction: The Question Behind the Question Every week, family lawyers across Delhi hear a version of the same sentence: “My wife has a job now — do I still have to pay maintenance?” The honest answer almost always disappoints the husband who’s […]
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July 7, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: July 2026 She packed her bags weeks ago. Maybe months. She hasn’t come back, hasn’t asked to come back, and every month you’re still transferring the maintenance amount because a court once told you to. It feels backwards — why should you keep paying […]
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July 6, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: July 2026 She knew her husband had been at that hotel in Jaipur. A mutual contact had seen them. She had the name of the hotel. She had the dates. She even had a rough idea of which room. What she didn’t have — […]
