NRI Marriage Rights and Laws

In Harmeeta Singh v. Rajat Taneja , 102 (2003) DLT 822, the Delhi High Court dealt with a case where the wife was deserted by her husband within six months of marriage. She had been compelled to leave the matrimonial home just three months after joining her husband in the United States. The wife subsequently filed a suit for maintenance under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956  in India. During the pendency of the case, the High Court passed an important interim or

In a combined judgment on two appeals filed by the wife against the Family Court’s order dated 31-3-2023, which rejected her plea declaring an Australian divorce decree null and void and seeking restitution of conjugal rights, the Gujarat High Court Division Bench of Justices A.Y. Kogje and N.S. Sanjay Gowda set aside the order. The Court held the husband could not initiate divorce proceedings in Australia if the marriage was solemnised in India, even if both parties had fore