May 2026

Introduction The Special Marriage Act 1954 was intended to provide a secular alternative to personal law marriages for Indian citizens of any religion or faith, and particularly for interfaith couples

Introduction For much of Indian legal history, the response of the law to the situation of persons with significant intellectual, psychosocial, or cognitive disabilities has been to assign decision-making authority

Introduction The recurring crisis of NRI (Non-Resident Indian) marriages is one of the most human and politically visible problems in Indian family law. Thousands of Indian women every year find

Introduction The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 was a landmark in Indian social legislation, providing for the first time a civil law remedy for victims of domestic

Introduction The Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act 2021 was enacted to bring order to an industry that had operated in a regulatory vacuum for over two decades. India’s fertility industry

Introduction Maintenance law in India is a study in layered complexity. Every religious community has its own personal law governing the obligation of spouses, parents, and children to support each

Introduction Among the most distressing situations in contemporary Indian family law is that of a child caught between parents who are citizens of or resident in different countries and who

Introduction When two spouses who built a cryptocurrency portfolio together during their marriage approach a Family Court for divorce, a question arises that neither the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 nor

Introduction India was, for nearly two decades, one of the world’s most significant destinations for commercial surrogacy. Fertility clinics proliferated across cities like Anand in Gujarat and Hyderabad in Telangana,

Introduction Few questions in contemporary Indian family law expose the tension between social reality and legal formalism as sharply as the question of live-in relationships. Millions of couples across India