Punjab and Haryana High Court

Extra-marital affair no ground to deny child custody to mother: High Court

On: June 3, 2021

Chandigarh: A woman’s extra-marital affair is not a ground to deny the custody of her child in a matrimonial dispute as it cannot be concluded that she will not be a good mother, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held. The court also noted that in a patriarchal society,Continue Reading

Marriage between first cousins illegal: Court

By: Matters India

On: November 21, 2020

In: National

Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that marriage between first cousins is illegal. The court said that marriage which the petitioner (man) wants to perform with a girl, who is his first cousin, was also per se illegal. “The submission in the present petition that as andContinue Reading