Cheque Bounce: The Three Deadlines That Decide the Case
Section 138 runs on a fixed sequence of dates. Miss one and the complaint fails on limitation, whatever the merits.
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Plain explanations of the procedures people actually search for — divorce timelines, khula and mehr, maintenance, custody, bail and cheque bounce.
Child Custody in India: What “Welfare of the Child” Actually Means
Courts do not award custody as a prize for winning the divorce. The test is the child, and it is...
Read ArticleContested Divorce: The Grounds, and What Actually Happens
When one spouse does not agree, the petition must be proved on a statutory ground. Here is what that involves,...
Read ArticleMutual Consent Divorce in Kolkata: The Six-Month Rule, Explained
Two motions, six months between them — and the circumstances in which a court may shorten that interval.
Read ArticleMaintenance After a Muslim Divorce: Iddat, and What Comes After
The 1986 Act, Danial Latifi, and the 2024 confirmation that Section 125 CrPC — now Section 144 BNSS — remains...
Read ArticleMehr: What It Is, and How Unpaid Mehr Is Recovered
Mehr is a debt, not a gift or a formality. Prompt or deferred, unpaid mehr is recoverable — and the...
Read ArticleTalaq After 2019: What Still Works and What Does Not
Instant triple talaq no longer dissolves a marriage. The revocable forms still do. The difference matters more than most people...
Read ArticleKhula: How a Muslim Wife Can End a Marriage
What khula is, what it requires, what happens to mehr, and what to do when the husband will not agree.
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