In Indian society it is not unnatural for spouses to bequeath property to each other excluding progeny, often to ensure proper care, status and respect to the surviving spouse...

Once the driving licence established authorisation to drive heavy and medium goods vehicles, there remained no infirmity in treating the deceased as a skilled worker and applying correspondi..

Parties had been residing separately for over a year, were settled in different countries, and not granting divorce to the couple who had no chance of reunion would only prolong their agony...

When a registered adoption deed is produced before any court, it shall be presumed to be in compliance with the law unless such presumption is disproved through independent proceedings...

Bona fide pursuit of settlement under the Sabka Vishwas Scheme was a valid ground for condonation, and the State should not benefit from procedural lapses of its citizens in taxation matters..

Once an auction sale is confirmed and the aggrieved party has not sought to set it aside, a separate suit challenging the confirmation order is expressly barred, and the appropriate remedy i..

Insisting a non-earning spouse must produce ITRs to prove unemployment "is to demand the impossible," and absence of ITRs corroborates rather than disproves the claim of having no sufficient..

Desertion requires animus deserendi (intention to abandon) and must be without reasonable cause...

Adding, subtracting, or altering sections is permissible only at the stage of framing charges, not at the stage of taking cognizance...

In cases of alleged refusal, strict compliance with Order 5 Rule 19 CPC is mandatory--Ex parte divorce decree set aside..

Nomination does not confer a superior claim over the General Provident Fund, and upon the deceased acquiring a family, the earlier nomination stands terminated triggering equal distribution ..

Once premises fall within the definition of "public premises" and tenancy is legally terminated, unauthorized occupants cannot claim protection of State Rent Control Acts and must face evict..