In an important ruling on Muslim personal law and family court jurisdiction, the Gujarat High Court declared that a marriage dissolved through a mutually agreed divorce deed under Muslim law can be formally recognized by the court. The division bench set aside a Family Court order that had refused to grant such a declaration despite clear evidence that both spouses had already parted ways through mutual consent.

Soon after the wedding, the husband travelled to the United Kingdom for education. While the couple initially stayed in contact, they soon realized that their relationship lacked compatibility. Within four months, both sides decided to separate amicably.

The Supreme Court of India has dissolved the marriage of an NRI couple after noting that the relationship had completely broken down and the spouses had lived separately for nearly eighteen years. The Court also ruled that a divorce granted earlier by a US court could not be treated as legally binding under Indian law.

The case involved Kishorekumar Mohan Kale vs Kashmira Kale. The couple married in Mumbai on 25 December 2005 according to Hindu rites and rituals. Soon after the wedding, they began living in the United States where the husband held a green card.

At the Srinagar wing of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, a bench comprising Justice Sanjeev Kumar and Justice Sanjay Parihar on Thursday dismissed an appeal filed by National Insurance Company Limited. The insurer was seeking to overturn a compensation award granted to a family whose home was damaged during the devastating 2014 floods.

The case originates from a policy taken by late Shad Mohd Bashir, whose residential house at Sarai Payeen, Amira Kadal, Srinagar, had been insured since 2009. Though the policy was renewed annually, the company later claimed that it excluded flood and similar storm-related risks - referred to in technical jargon as “STFI” (Storm, Tempest, Flood, Inundation).