'I received many threatening calls and letters.' 'A fatwa was issued against me.'
Former Spanish tennis star Arantxa Sanchez Vicario has been given a suspended jail term for fraud, a court in Barcelona said on Wednesday.
In the notice, she sought a divorce on the grounds that their marriage had "irretrievably broken down".
Divorce lawyer Mrunalini Deshmukh explains the need, "It would be practical to maintain a clear division of assets right from the start. But nobody marries with an intention to divorce. So, sorting out finances becomes a major issue."
Vice President Hamid Ansari's wife Salma Ansari has said that uttering 'talaq' thrice does not amount to divorce and asked Muslim women to read the Quran thoroughly instead of relying on clerics.
The 68-year-old senior lawyer was earlier married to Meenakshi (his first wife) and Caroline Brossard later in 2020.
Identifying corruption and the ruling CPC's "divorce" from people among "severe challenges" facing the party, China's new supreme leader Xi Jinping on Thursday vowed to make every effort to address these problems.
The Bombay high court has refused to grant a decree of divorce to a woman on the ground that her husband was suffering from schizophrenia and had beat her a couple of times after marriage.
In its election manifesto -- 'Sankalp Patra' -- the Bharatiya Janata Party has vowed to implement the Union Civil Code (UCC), maintain peace in the Northeast, among other key poll promises.
Former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin has separated from his wife of 14 years Sangeeta Bijlani, the Mid-Day newspaper from Mumbai reported on Friday.
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In a six-part series commencing today, Arthur J Pais profiles the winners of the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans. First up in this series is Sahil Singh Gujral, who despite suffering from diabetes and displacement as a result of his parents' long-drawn divorce proceedings, managed to win the Fellowship.
In a Hindu society, it is a "pious obligation" of the son to maintain parents and the persistent effort of the wife to constrain the husband to be separated from his family constitutes an act of 'cruelty' enabling him to get divorce, the Supreme Court has said.
Graeme Smith has slammed reports that he mistakenly informed his former wife Morgan Deane of their divorce through a text message.
Sources say Simone Warne is preparing for the future, with a hefty divorce settlement in tune of 10 million Australian dollars.
Proxy advisory firm Institutional Investor Advisory Services (IiAS) has asked independent directors of Raymond Ltd to consider appointing an interim CEO and investigate the allegations of assault by its chairman and MD Gautam Singhania on his wife and daughter, and the use of company funds for personal benefit. In an open letter to the company's five independent directors, IiAS also suggested they ask Singhania and his estranged wife Nawaz Modi, also a board member, to take time off from their responsibilities as board members. The five independent directors to whom the letter was addressed are Mukeeta Jhaveri, Ashish Kapadia, Dinesh Lal, K Narsimha Murthy, and Shiv Surinder Kumar.
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It is evident that the younger generation is increasingly choosing to postpone or completely forego the idea of getting married, observes Sybil Shiddell, country manager India, Gleeden, a discreet extra marital dating Web site.
In a path-breaking decision with far-reaching socio-economic impact, the Centre has allowed woman employees to nominate her son or daughter for family pension, instead of her husband, according to an official statement issued on Monday.
In a path-breaking decision with far-reaching socio-economic impact, the Centre has allowed woman employees to nominate her son or daughter for family pension, instead of her husband, according to an official statement issued on Monday. Previously, family pension was granted to the spouse of a deceased government servant or pensioner, while other family members became eligible only after the spouse's ineligibility or demise, the statement said. Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said that the Department of Pensions and Pensioners' Welfare (DoPPW) has introduced an amendment to the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021, allowing female government employees or pensioners to grant family pension to their eligible child/children after their own demise, in place of of their spouse.
The Uniform Civil Code of Uttarakhand, 2024 bill also says that any child born of a live-in relationship shall be considered a legitimate child.
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain pleas seeking a direction to the Centre to frame religion and gender-neutral uniform laws governing subjects like marriage, divorce, inheritance and alimony, saying it cannot direct Parliament to "enact the law".
Physical intimacy is an essential aspect of marriage and a wife's continuous refusal to have such relationship with her husband can be a ground for divorce, the Delhi high court has held.
Marriage should not stop us from having close friends of the opposite gender, says rediffGURU Shalini Singh.
The couple said the village has boycotted them and it is not possible for them to live a secluded life.
The Jammu and Kashmir high court has held that a Muslim man's power to divorce his wife is not "unrestricted or unqualified". Justice Hasnain Masoodi in his 23-page judgment extensively went into details of the Shariah law and Koranic injunctions to hold that a "husband cannot have unrestricted or unqualified power to pronounce the Talaaq."
'We need to change the attitude of Muslims.' 'Muslim youngsters have to be taught not to misuse triple talaq.'
The panchayat also asked the man to return the dowry he got from the woman.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday admitted the pleas seeking talaq-e-hasan and all other forms of "unilateral extrajudicial divorce" to be declared unconstitutional.
'Family is the most important thing in a society.' 'That's why I am always thinking about family and society. I want it to be better.'
Such a legislation, the panel said, should be made applicable not only to the NRIs but also to those individuals who come within the definition of 'Overseas Citizens of India' as laid down in the Citizenship Act, 1955.
With his divorce finally behind him, Tiger Woods will compete in his first tournament in six years as a single man at this week's Barclays Classic in Paramus, New Jersey amid much speculation over his form.
The children born in China in the late 1970s and early 1980s from the one-child generation have reached marriageable age now.
The incident took place in San Mateo on Monday, the police were quoted as saying by the the report.
There are two immediate things that need consideration - extent of using the legal system and talking money matters.
Rhia Moolla has urged the high court in the nearby town of Pietermaritzburg to acknowledge her 'nikaah' to businessman Nazir Jamaloodeen so that she could receive maintenance and custody of their four-year-old son.
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