Case Law Question Topic 2016 2015 2014 B 2014 A 2013 2012 2011 B 2011 A 2010

Kailash Wati v. essentials for RCR

Ajodhia Hindu -Wife gainfully employed in another city. RCR 20 20 10 20 20 10 10
Parkash Employed/ Unemployed Husband files RCR
Remedies available to wife
Hindu 20
- Thrown out of home & Deserted for 3 years
Prohibited
Both Validity of Marriages / prohibited relationships 10 20 20 20 35 35 15 20
relationships
Mutual
Waiving Cooling off period
Hindu Consent 20
Couple wants divorce on first motion u/s 13 B
Divorce
Mutual
Mutual consent divorce 13B, HMA
Hindu Consent 10 10 10 10
- One party retract before the second motion?
Divorce
Maintenance 'Pendente Lite' & Permanent
Hindu Maintenance 10 10 10 5 10 5
maintenance under HMA
Githa Can mother act as a guardian during
Hariharan v. lifetime of father?
Hindu Guardianship 5 20 10 10 10 10 10 20
Reserve Bank Note on Natural Guardians
of India Mother as a guardian under HAMA, 56
Validity of child marriage under Prohibition of
Hindu Child Marriage 10 5 5 10 5
Child Marriage Act
Triple Talaq not in knowledge of the wife.
Muslim Cohibatition continued. Wife later files rape Triple Talaq 20
charges u/s 375.
Hindu Essentials of a valid adoption under HAMA Adoption 10 20
Right of a Hindu woman to adopt a son/child in
Hindu HAMA / JJ Act Adoption 10 10 10 5 10
Can she adopt 2 sons?
Adoption HAMA/ JJ Act
Hindu - Married man wants to adopt his own Adoption 10 10
illegitimate child born from his mistress
Bigamy-
Bigamy &
Hindu Hindu Husband converted to Islam & 10 10 10 10 20
conversion
contracted second marriage
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Bigamy-
S. Nagalingam -second marriage w/o Saptpadi Bigamy &
Hindu 5 10 10 10 5 5 5
v. Sivagami -Second marriage should be a validly Ceremony
performed·marriage'
Annulment on ground of impotency
P. v. K. Hindu Impotency 10
-Prolpase of Uterus
Adoption / HAMA
Hindu Childless Couple. Can the wife adopt a child Adoption 10
with the consent of her husbasnd
Muslim Option of puberty Divorce 5 10 5 10
Muslim Essentials of Muta Marriage 5 10 5
Bigamy-
Prohibited
Hindu Husband claims first marriage was invalid as 5
relationships
he was the maternal uncle of his wife.
Effect of conversion by a spouse under Muslim
Muslim Conversion 5
Law
Maintenance of wife under Hindu Law &
Hindu Maintenance 5
Secular Law
Wife seeks seperate residence and
Hindu maintenance on grounds of mental cruelty. Maintenance 20 10 10
Husband files RCR. Prepare case for wife
Case based on Concealment of facts of
Concealment
Hindu occassional mental incapacity, Impotency, 20
of Material fact
subsiting marriage
Hindu Husband seeks Divorce on Mental cruelty Cruelty 20
Extra Judicial divorces under Muslim personal
Muslim 10 10 10
law
Judicial Seperation
Judicial
Hindu - Right of either party to seek divorce after 1 10 10 20 10
Seperation
year [ S. 13 (I A) (ii)]
-Concept of 'cruelty' as a matrimonial guilt
-Factors to be taken into consideration while
Hindu Cruelty 20 5
deciding a petition for divorce on the ground on
cruelty
Hindu Divorce on the basis of desertion Desertion 20
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First wife left home after Muslim husband
contracts second marriage?
Muslim --Can husband file RCR? RCR 10 10 10 10 10
- Can first wife file bigamy?

Circumstances when Non payment of

maintenance a ground for divorce
Non payment
u/s S. 2 Cl(ii) of Dissolution of Muslim Marriage
of
Muslim Act 10 10 10 10 10
Maintenance
Can Husband contend wife wrongfully left the
& Divorce
matrimonial home and he was not obliged to
maintain her.
Non-resumption of cohabitation for one year,
after a decree for restitution of conjugal rights
is passed, as a ground of divorce under HMA
Hindu RCR
- Can the party who prevented cohibatation
after RCR file for divorce on this basis
- is it hit by S. 23(1)(a) 10 10 10
validity of unilateral, uncommunicated triple
talaq
Muslim Triple Talaq 10 10 10
-whether wife is entitled to maintenance under
S. 125 CrPC
Distinguish between Talaq Ahasan, Talaq
Muslim Hasan and 10
Talaq-ui-Biddat.
Muslim Concept of Irregular marriages 5 10
Voidable
Hindu Grounds of voidable marriage 5 5
Marriage
Muslim significance of 'Dower' 5
Muslim Difference b/w 'Khula' and 'Mubaraat' 5
Wife living seperatey becuase husband had an
affair/ treated her cruelly
Hindu Desertion
After 2 years, Husband files divorce on
grounds of desertion 10 10
Irretrievable breakdown theory of divorce Irretrievable
Hindu
-is it a ground for divorce in HMA? breakdown 5 10 10
Hindu Essentials of Mutual consent divorce u/s 13B Divorce 5 5 5
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Hindu Fraud in marriages solemnized under HMA Fraud 5
Wife hid the fact of an illegitimate child born Concealment
Hindu before marriage, later given up for adoption. of Material
Remedies available to Husband Fact 20 20
rights of a divorced Muslim wife to claim
maintenance from her former husband in the
Muslim light of judicial interpretation o{ Sec. 3(i)(a) of Maintenance
the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on
Divorce) Act, 1986. 10
Right of a person to take a child in adoption
Hindu Adoption
HAMA and also under the JJ Act 10
Muslim husband pronounced talaq thrice to his
Muslim wife. Now repents and wants to resume Triple Talaq
cohabitation with wife 10
Parents lied about age of groom and wedded
the daughter to an old man. At the time of Concealment
Hindu marrriage she did not protest under social of Material
pressure. Refused consummation. Files for Fact
Annulment 10
Wife came to know that her husband already
Hindu has a wife. Can the second wife claim Maintenance
maintenance? 10
Muslim Talaq & Khula in Muslim law Divorce 10
Muslim Cruelty as a ground in Muslim Law Divorce 5 10
Muslim Mutual consent divorce in Muslim law Divorce 5 5
WIfe wants a new home exclusively for the
Hindu couple. Does not want to put up with her in Cruelty
laws. Husband files divorce on cruelty. 20
Hindu Option of puberty under Hindu Law Divorce 5
Wife hid the fact that she was a widow. Concealment
Hindu
Husband files divorce on this basis. of material fact 20
Discuss dissolution of Muslim marriage by
Muslim Divorce
Talaq 10
Hindu How can RCR lead to decree of divorce? RCR 10
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Validity of children born after unilateral
uncommunicated triple talaq. What if:
Muslim -Husband & wife remarried immideiately after Trilpe Talaq 10
divorce
-If Husband made a single pronouncemet
Prohibited
Hindu 5
Concept of Sapinda Relationships
Effect of conversion by Husband or wife on
Both Conversion
Hindu marriage and Muslim marriage 10