Case brief index
Family Law
106 cases organised by topic.
Family Courts and Religious Adjudicatory Forums
Family courts, jurisdiction, Sharia courts, informal religious forums
Validity of Hindu Marriage under HMA and PCMA
Who is Hindu, valid ceremony, bigamy, conversion, void/voidable marriage
- Sondur Gopal v. Sondur Rajini, Civil Appeal No. 4629 of 2005, SC, 2013
- Gullipilli Sowria Raj v. Bandaru Pavani, AIR 2009 SC 1085
- Arunkumar and Sreeja v. Inspector General of Registration and Others, W.P.(MD) No. 4125 of 2019
- Ram Prasad v. State of UP, AIR 1961 All 334
- Bhaurao Lokhande v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1965 SC 1564
- Sarla Mudgal v. Union of India, AIR 1995 SC 1531; 1995 SCC (3) 635
- Lily Thomas v. Union of India, AIR 2000 SC 1650
- S. Nagalingam v. Sivagami, AIR 2001 SC 3576
- Navalkar v. Meena Arun Navalkar, AIR 2006 Bom 342
- P. Venkataramana v. State, AIR 1977 AP 43
Muslim Marriage: Essentials and Validity
Nikah, consent, dower, puberty, polygamy
Christian Marriage, Christian Divorce and Special Marriage Act
Christian marriage, void marriage, divorce, SMA procedure
Restitution of Conjugal Rights
RCR, privacy, bodily autonomy, gendered duties in marriage
Divorce under HMA and SMA
Cruelty, desertion, non-resumption of cohabitation, mutual consent divorce
- N.G. Dastane v. S. Dastane, AIR 1975 SC 1534
- Naveen Kohli v. Neelu Kohli, (2006) 3 SCC 491
- Animesh Trivedi v. Kiran Bagai, F.A. No. 139 of 2010, Jharkhand High Court, 27 March 2012
- Bipinchandra Jaisinghbai Shah v. Prabhavati, AIR 1957 SC 176
- Savitri Pandey v. Prem Chandra Pandey, AIR 2002 SC 591
- Dharmendra Kumar v. Usha Kumar, AIR 1977 SC 2213
- T. Srinivasan v. T. Varalakshmi, 1 (1991) DMC 20 (Mad.)
- Hirachand Srinivas Managaonkar v. Sunanda, AIR 2001 SC 1285
- Sureshta Devi v. Om Prakash, AIR 1992 SC 1904
- Amardeep Singh v. Harveen Kaur, (2017) 8 SCC 746
- Shilpa Sailesh v. Varun Sreenivasan, TP (Civil) No. 1118 of 2014, SC, 1 May 2023
Divorce under Muslim Law
Judicial divorce by wife, talaq, validity of extrajudicial divorce
Maintenance under Muslim Law / BNSS / MWPRD Act
Divorced Muslim woman, iddat, fair provision, Section 125 CrPC / Section 144 BNSS
Spousal Maintenance of Hindus
HMA, HAMA, DV Act, CrPC / BNSS maintenance
Maintenance in Non-Marital and Bigamous Relationships
Live-in relationship, relationship in nature of marriage, bigamous marriage, maintenance guidelines
Custody and Guardianship
Natural guardian, mother’s guardianship, welfare of child
Adoption
Hindu adoption, JJ Act adoption, right to adopt
Diversity of Succession and Inheritance Laws
Tribal customary succession, Goa family laws, queer/hijra inheritance
- Jose Paul Coutinho v. Maria Luiza Valentina Pereira, MANU/SC/1257/2019
- Madhu Kishwar and others v. State of Bihar and others, AIR 1996 SC 1864
- Bahadur v. Bratiya, 2015 SCC OnLine HP 1555
- Ram Dev Ram v. Dhani Ram & Others, AIR 2016 Chg 107
- Sarwango v. Urchamahin, AIR 2013 Chg 98
- Smt. Kajal Rani Noatia v. Sri Raybahadur Tripura, RSA No. 38 of 2009, Tripura High Court, 26 February 2015
- Illyas & Others v. Badshah alias Kamla, AIR 1990 MP 334
- Sweety (Eunuch) v. General Public, AIR 2016 HP 148
Uncodified Hindu Law
Hindu joint family, coparcenary, Karta, alienation, partition
- Commissioner of Income Tax v. G. Lakshmninarayan, AIR 1935 Bom 412
- Moro Vishwanath v. Ganesh Vithal, (1873) 10 Bom 444
- CWT v. Late R. Sridharan & CWT v. Rosa Maria Steinbicher Sridharan, (1976) 4 SCC 489
- Revanasiddappa and Anr. v. Mallikarjun and Ors., (2023) 10 SCC 1
- Muhammad Husain Khan v. Babu Kishva Nandan Sahai, AIR 1937 PC 233
- C.N. Arunachala Mudaliar v. C.A. Muruganatha Mudaliar, AIR 1953 SC 495
- M/s. Nopany Investments (P) Ltd. v. Santokh Singh (HUF), 2007 (13) JT 448
- Dev Kishan v. Ram Kishan, AIR 2002 Raj 370
- Balmukand v. Kamlawati, AIR 1964 SC 1385
- R. Kuppayee v. Raja Gounder, (2004) 1 SCC 295
- Sushil Kumar v. Ram Prakash, (1988) 2 SCC 77
- Namdev Vyankat Ghadge v. Chandrakant Ganpat Ghadge, (2003) 4 SCC 71
- Kakumanu Pedasubhayya v. Kakumanu Akkamma, AIR 1968 SC 1042
- Kesharbai v. Tarabai Prabhakarrao Nalawade, (2014) 4 SCC 707
- Manu Gupta v. Sujata Sharma & Ors., RFA(OS) 13/2016 & CM APPL. 6041/2016, 4 December 2023
- Shreya Vidyarthi v. Ashok Vidyarthi, AIR 2016 SC 139
Hindu Succession Act, 1956
Intestate succession, coparcenary after HSA, women’s property, disqualification
- Prakash and Ors. v. Phulavati and Ors., (2016) 2 SCC 36
- Vineeta Sharma v. Rakesh Sharma, (2020) 9 SCC 1
- Dreha v. Vishal and Orr, (2023) 10 SCC 524
- Gurupad Khandappa Magdum v. Hirabai Khandappa Magdum, AIR 1978 SC 1239
- Mohan Singh v. Rajni Kant, (2010) 9 SCC 209
- Pratibha Rani v. Suraj Kumar, AIR 1985 SC 628
- Jagannathan Pillai v. Kunjithapadam Pillai, AIR 1987 SC 1493
- Vaddeboyina Tulasamma v. Vaddeboyina Sesha Reddi, AIR 1977 SC 1944
- Bhagat Ram v. Teja Singh, AIR 2002 SC 1
- Jayalakshmi Ammal v. Kaliaperumal, AIR 2014 Mad 185
- Jupudy Parda Sarathy v. Pentapati Rama Krishna, SC Civil Appeal No. 375 of 2007, decided on 6 November 2015
- Omprakash v. Radhacharan, (2009) 15 SCC 66
- Vellikannu v. R. Singaperumal and Anr., AIR 2005 SC 2587
- Mamta Dinesh Vakil v. Bansi S. Wadhwa, (2012) 6 Bom CR 767
Testamentary Succession
Wills, probate, execution of wills, Muslim law of wills
- Clarence Pais & Ors. v. Union of India, AIR 2001 SC 1151
- Kavita Kanwar v. Mrs. Pamela Mehta, 2020 SC
- Narunissa v. Sheikh Abdul Hamid, AIR 1987 Kant 22
- Mohamed v. Kunhalankutty & Ors., 2023 LiveLaw (Ker) 613
- Bilquis Zakiuddin Bandookwala and Ors. v. Shehnaz Shabbir Bandukwala, MANU/MH/1871/2010; 2011 (1) AllMR 550; 2011 (1) MahLJ 963
Uncodified Muslim Law
Hiba, gifts, marz-ul-maut, Muslim intestate succession
Intestate Succession under Indian Succession Act
Christian succession, persons married under SMA, Indian Succession Act