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August 18, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 Two weeks ago, most people would’ve told you the answer was a flat no. Section 498A is about husbands and wives — that’s what the section says, that’s how it’s always been read, end of story. The Supreme Court just changed that […]
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August 14, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 This is a question we get asked quietly, often almost apologetically — men assume the law simply doesn’t work this way, or worry about how it will look to raise it. The honest answer is that Indian maintenance law is more gender-neutral […]
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August 11, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 We get asked, carefully and often somewhat hesitantly, whether a marriage where physical intimacy has effectively ended — sometimes for years — gives either spouse a real legal ground to seek divorce. In June 2026, the Supreme Court answered this more directly […]
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August 5, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 A man sat in my office last year and told me he and his wife hadn’t lived under the same roof in nineteen years. No children together, no shared property left to fight over, both of them long since built separate lives. […]
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August 4, 2026
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 […]
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August 3, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: Aug 2026 When both of you have already decided, waiting eighteen months for a piece of paper to catch up feels absurd. That’s the frustration I hear in almost every mutual divorce consultation. The hard part is done — the difficult conversations, the settlement, […]
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July 29, 2026
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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July 27, 2026
Recovering Your Reputation After False Matrimonial Cases By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: July 2026 Winning a case is not the same as getting your life back. That distinction rarely comes up in legal advice, but it’s the single most important thing I tell clients who walk into my office […]
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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 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 […]
