Introduction: Fathers Are Not Legal Strangers to Their Children One of the most persistent myths in Indian matrimonial litigation is that child custody is automatically a mother’s right and that the father’s role is limited to paying school fees, maintenance and weekend expenses. That is not the law. Indian courts do not treat a child...
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Introduction: When Matrimonial Litigation Becomes Criminal Litigation Matrimonial litigation in India often begins as a marital breakdown but quickly travels into criminal law. A divorce dispute may be accompanied by allegations of cruelty, dowry demand, domestic violence, misappropriation of jewellery, economic abuse, intimidation, assault, and harassment by the husband’s family. Some complaints are genuine. Some...
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A husband in India can file for divorce on legally recognised grounds such as cruelty, desertion, adultery, conversion, unsoundness of mind, renunciation, not being heard of for seven years, or by mutual consent, depending on the personal law applicable to the marriage. Under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, divorce is available to either spouse under...
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Introduction The law on disability pension below 20% has often been trapped in a narrow administrative reading. A Medical Board assesses the disability at less than 20%, the pension authority treats the figure as decisive, and the claim for disability element is rejected. The process appears neat on paper. It is, however, far less satisfactory...
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Fastrack Legal Solutions • Armed Forces Service Law NFU for Armed Forces 2026: Supreme Court Case, Latest Status, Pay & Pension Impact Non-Functional Upgradation (NFU) for the Army, Navy and Air Force remains one of the most consequential unresolved Armed Forces service-law issues: the AFT granted relief in 2016, the Union challenged it, and the...
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Summary A legal risk audit for companies in India is a structured review of corporate, contractual, labour, data-protection, governance, litigation and regulatory risks. It helps companies identify weak documents, poor compliance systems, director liability exposure, contract vulnerabilities, HR risks, DPDP gaps and internal-control failures before they become legal notices, penalties, disputes or litigation. Companies in...
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Legal Risk Mitigation for Directors in India: Why Boardroom Compliance Is Now a Strategic Necessity There was a time when corporate compliance was treated as a secretarial function. Forms were filed, board meetings were recorded, registers were maintained, and directors assumed that their legal responsibility ended with signatures on minutes and resolutions. That time is...
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Introduction The Mamaearth IPO, floated by Honasa Consumer Limited, became one of the most discussed public issues in India’s recent capital-market discourse. The controversy was not merely about whether investors liked or disliked the valuation. The deeper question was legal: can a prospectus be technically compliant with law, and yet still leave investors with an...
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