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July 24, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: July 2026 Two years ago, a live-in relationship in India was, legally speaking, a private matter. Courts recognised it, gave it some protection under the Domestic Violence Act, and largely left it alone otherwise. That has changed faster than most people realise. Uttarakhand became […]
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July 23, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: July 2026 If you’re in the middle of a custody dispute in Delhi, there’s a good chance the other side — or their lawyer — has already raised the idea of sending your child for a “psychological evaluation.” It sounds neutral, even scientific, almost […]
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July 22, 2026
The Allahabad HC’s July 2026 Answer. By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: July 2026 She came to me with a question that more people are asking in 2026 than ever before. She had been living with a man for three years. He introduced her to everyone as his wife. She […]
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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. […]
