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Mediation Council India and divorce settlement mediation

The Mediation Council of India Was Just Set Up — Here’s What That Means for Your Divorce

wintage_litigation September 2, 2026 0

By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: September 2026 If you’re going through mediation as part of your divorce, or thinking about it, something happened quietly last week that’s worth understanding, because it genuinely changes how much your settlement is actually worth once you’ve signed it. On August 27, 2026, the […]

Wife took away child – father’s legal rights in India

Wife Took Away My Child — What Are My Legal Rights as a Father in India?

wintage_litigation August 12, 2026 0

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 […]

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?

wintage_litigation August 4, 2026 0

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 […]

Legal banner explaining that withdrawing mutual divorce consent does not automatically cancel a signed settlement agreement after the Supreme Court's 2026 ruling.

You Withdrew Mutual Divorce Consent — Can Your Spouse Still Enforce the Settlement?

wintage_litigation July 29, 2026 0

By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: July 2026 Here’s a scenario I see more often than you’d expect: a couple spends months negotiating a mutual divorce — alimony figures, who keeps the flat, custody schedule, all of it. They sign a detailed settlement agreement. They file the First Motion together. […]

Delhi High Court overnight child custody judgment 2026 explaining father's visitation and custody rights

A Father Was Given Overnight Custody. The Delhi HC Took It Back. Here’s What That Tells You About How Courts Really Approach This.

wintage_litigation July 14, 2026 0

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 […]

There Are POCSO Allegations Against My Spouse. What Happens to Our Child’s Custody? The Supreme Court’s June 2026 Answer.

wintage_litigation June 22, 2026 0

By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: June 2026 It is one of the most painful intersections in all of family law. A marriage has broken down. A custody dispute is under way. And layered on top of it — allegations that the child was sexually abused by one of the […]