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October 1, 2026
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 A matrimonial case may have been settled, withdrawn, quashed or […]
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September 29, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: September 2026 When an Indian couple is caught between divorce proceedings in India and another country, an anti-suit injunction in divorce proceedings can become an important legal issue. But can an Indian court actually stop a spouse from continuing a divorce case abroad? The […]
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September 25, 2026
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 […]
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September 24, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi Digital evidence in matrimonial disputes has become increasingly important in modern divorce and family-law cases in India. WhatsApp messages, emails, social media posts, call records and other electronic communications may help establish allegations of cruelty, harassment, infidelity or other matrimonial misconduct, subject to the applicable rules […]
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September 21, 2026
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 […]
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September 17, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 Hiring a private investigator for a divorce case in India is not, by itself, illegal. The important question is how the private investigator collects information and evidence. Public photographs, publicly available information and observations in accessible spaces may be legally obtained, while […]
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September 9, 2026
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 […]
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September 8, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: August 2026 The marital rape exception in India remains one of the most significant unresolved constitutional questions in Indian family and criminal law. The Supreme Court is considering whether the legal exception for sexual intercourse between a husband and his adult wife should continue, […]
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September 7, 2026
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 […]
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September 4, 2026
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” […]
