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‘Sent to mental health facility’ by wife over divorce, Uttarakhand High Court frees man
September 24, 2026 1:34 pm
The man filed the plea before the Uttarakhand High Court stating that he has been at the mental health facility for 42 days against his will and without consent.
Case quashed, name still online: Uttarakhand High Court orders e-Courts 'masking'
September 22, 2026 7:13 pm
The high court was hearing the man's plea seeking removal or masking of his name from the e-Courts website after the criminal proceedings against him had been quashed.
Lawyer husband to pay Rs 1.1 crore for advocate wife, child in divorce case
September 21, 2026 1:17 pm
The Uttarakhand High Court was hearing an appeal filed by the wife challenging an April 2024 order that allowed her husband’s divorce plea and ended their marriage.
‘No role’: Uttarakhand High Court quashes extortion case against man over ex-CM ‘sting’
September 10, 2026 4:00 pm
The Uttarakhand High Court set aside an extortion case against a man over a proposed sting on former chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, citing no specific role was attributed to the accused.
‘Nainital has high cost of living’: Uttarakhand HC bins plea against court’s shift to Haldwani
September 07, 2026 2:37 pm
The Uttarakhand High Court was acting on a plea that opposed the relocation of the high court complex from Nainital owing to the resort town's space and infrastructure constraints.
Adult woman's constitutional right to have partner of choice: Uttarakhand High Court
August 25, 2026 5:00 pm
The Uttarakhand High Court held that a major woman can choose her life partner under Article 21 and directed police to assess the couple’s threat perception.
Man must pay maintenance to stepson he accepted as family: Uttarakhand High Court
August 25, 2026 3:06 pm
A woman challenged the family court’s order directing her estranged husband to pay maintenance to her and their daughter, but denying maintenance to her son, who was born from her previous marriage.
Court hikes maintenance of Army sepoy’s wife to Rs 25,000, rejects husband's ‘voluntary savings’ defense
August 20, 2026 9:50 am
The Uttarakhand High Court stated that just because deductions are being made from the man’s salary towards post-retiral schemes, it cannot reduce his wife’s claim to monthly maintenance.
Uttarakhand High Court says loans ‘no excuse’, hikes maintenance for SBI officer’s wife
August 07, 2026 11:50 am
The woman sought enhancement of the Rs 10,000 monthly maintenance granted by the family court in 2021, claiming she had no independent source of livelihood.
Tinder relationship turning 'sour' can't trigger rape case: Uttarakhand High Court
July 22, 2026 10:04 am
The Uttarakhand High Court was hearing the plea of a man who allegedly met a woman through the Tinder app in August 2019 but later got engaged to someone else.
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