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July 8, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: July 2026 Introduction: The Question Behind the Question Every week, family lawyers across Delhi hear a version of the same sentence: “My wife has a job now — do I still have to pay maintenance?” The honest answer almost always disappoints the husband who’s […]
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July 7, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: July 2026 She packed her bags weeks ago. Maybe months. She hasn’t come back, hasn’t asked to come back, and every month you’re still transferring the maintenance amount because a court once told you to. It feels backwards — why should you keep paying […]
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July 3, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Years of Family & Matrimonial Law Practice Delhi Reviewed for accuracy under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, and current Delhi Family Court practice — last updated July 2026. When a wife leaves the matrimonial home and stops responding to calls, texts, or attempts at reconciliation, most husbands freeze. Should you […]
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July 1, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: July 2026 He already knew. But knowing and being able to do something about it are two very different things. By the time most husbands in this situation sit across from me, they have already spent weeks on the internet looking for answers to […]
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June 30, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: June 2026 Two days ago, a ruling from the Supreme Court of India went viral across every major news platform in the country. It wasn’t, on its face, a divorce case. It was a motor accident compensation claim — a homemaker named Reshma had […]
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June 26, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: June 2026 Three fresh judicial rulings — two from 2026 alone — have significantly sharpened what Indian matrimonial law says about a husband’s second marriage and who can be held legally responsible for it. If your husband has contracted a second marriage while your […]
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June 25, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: June 2026 She came to me with a briefcase. Not because she was a lawyer. Because it was the only thing big enough to carry all the court notices. Eighty-plus of them. Filed in different courts, at different times, against her. Against her parents. […]
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June 24, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: June 2026 She left the matrimonial home with almost nothing. The gold her parents gave at the wedding. The jewellery from her in-laws at the time of marriage. The cash gifts from relatives. The earnings she had saved before and during the marriage. All […]
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June 23, 2026
By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: June 2026 It is a scenario that has become distressingly familiar in Delhi’s matrimonial courts. Both sides negotiate. Both sides sign. Months of mediation produce a settlement — financial disputes resolved, property divided, stridhan returned, substantial payments made. The first motion for mutual consent […]
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June 16, 2026
The Supreme Court’s June 2026 Answer By Advocate Karan Dua | Vintage Litigation, New Delhi | Published: June 2026 You moved out—or your spouse did—years ago. There was no single dramatic incident, no FIR, no fight anyone could point to as “the reason.” You simply stopped living as husband and wife. No maintenance dispute. No […]
