Tag Contested Divorce

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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 —…

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August 4, 2026

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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,…

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July 29, 2026