Divorce Case Still Appears on Google After Settlement? Delhi High Court’s 2026 “Right to Be Forgotten” Framework for Matrimonial Disputes
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: October 2026 Introduction The right to be forgotten in India is becoming increasingly important for people whose divorce, matrimonial or family-law disputes continue to appear in Google searches years after the litigation has ended. A matrimonial case may have been settled, withdrawn, quashed or […]
What Actually Proves a Hindu Marriage Happened?
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi Hindu marriage proof is often disputed in matrimonial cases. A voter list, ration card, or other government document naming someone as a spouse does not by itself conclusively establish that a valid Hindu marriage took place. The Patna High Court recently considered this issue and examined […]
Is a Notarized Divorce or Marriage Agreement Actually Legal in India?
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 A notarized divorce agreement in India does not legally dissolve a Hindu marriage. A notary’s stamp cannot replace the court decree required to legally end a marriage. A man spent over twenty years believing he was legally married. He had a court […]
UCC 2026: The New Ground for Annulment Almost Nobody’s Talking About
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 The Uniform Civil Code stopped being a hypothetical constitutional aspiration a while ago — it’s now operating, real law in three Indian states, with a fourth having formally taken the step this year. Most of the public conversation around this has focused […]
How Much Compensation Can You Actually Get in a Domestic Violence Case?
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: September 2026 Most conversations about the Domestic Violence Act focus on protection orders and the right to stay in the shared household — genuinely important remedies, but not the only ones available. There’s a separate, often underused provision that can result in real, substantial […]
Does “Shared Household” Protect You If the Property Isn’t Your Husband’s?
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 We hear a version of this misunderstanding constantly, from both sides of the same problem. A wife assumes that because she’s lived in a house for years — even one belonging to her mother-in-law, or her husband’s sister — the “shared household” […]
The Mediation Council of India Was Just Set Up — Here’s What That Means for Your Divorce
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 […]
Can Your Wife Claim Maintenance From Your Property Even After You Sell It?
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 We’ve had husbands ask us, sometimes quite bluntly, whether selling or transferring property puts it out of reach of a maintenance claim. We’ve also had wives ask the opposite question, worried that a husband quietly selling assets during a separation means there’s […]
Can a Wife Lose Interim Maintenance If Her Husband Proves Adultery?
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 We field a version of this question from both sides of the table with real frequency. Husbands ask it when they believe they have evidence their wife is in a relationship with someone else and don’t understand why they’re still expected to […]
You Withdrew Mutual Divorce Consent — Can Your Spouse Still Enforce the Settlement?
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. […]