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yThe Family Courts Act was broughtinto force on 14th September 1984 .

yThe Family Court in Bombay issituated in the western suburb of

Bandra at the Bandra-KurlaComplex, near the Old Drive-in-Theatre.

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yTill recently there were only five

Courts. However since May 1995two more Courts have started

functioning.



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y The court has seven floors.

y Initially there were court rooms till the fifth floor ,

but now it is extended up to the seventh floor.

y Marriage Counselors Chambers

y Childrens Complex Room



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Every court room has-

y Judge

y Bench clerk

y Assistant bench clerky Stenographer

y Deposition writer

y Process clerk

y Hawaldar or the peon of the judgey Court peon

y Bailif



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1Lodging

2Petition (sections)

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Date of the hearing

Case No

Court number



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y Petition A:

Divorce and restitution.

y Petition B:

Injunction (asking for right to stay in the matrimonial house)

y Petition C:

Maintenance under the Hindu adoption and MaintenanceAct,1956.

y Petition D:

Custody issues

y Petition E:

Under section 125 of Criminal Procedure Courty Petition F:

Mutual Consent Divorce sec [13(B)] under Hindu MarriageAct1955



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Appearance

MarriageCounselor

Issues



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List of Documents

Cross of the petitioner

Cross of the Respondent.



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Argumentation

Judgement



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Grounds:

y Adultery

yCrueltyyDesertion

yConversion

yMental Disorder

y Leprosy

yVeneral DiseasesyRenunciation



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y Grishmas



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Grounds:

y Hopeless failure of one or both parties to

discharge their marital duties

y Long absence of husband without anyinformation

y Long imprisonment

y Refusal to provide for wife

y Medical Grounds



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y Reshma Bano V/s Fahim Khan



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The respondent speaks in Hindi

and the judge communicates hiswords to the typist in English.

How is the respondent supposed

to know what is being typed if hedoesnt know English??



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yWillful non-consummation or impotencyy Unsound mind of a spouse, which was

unknown to the other spouse before

marriagey Desertion by a spouse for over three

years

y Imprisonment of a spouse

y Involvement of a spouse in bigamy, rapey Physical or mental abuse

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Latest Statistics

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The Indian Law is criticized for the time being

taken to come up with the final verdict??

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