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

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

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 […]

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

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

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. […]

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