Rajkotia Associates Advocates

No one likes going through legalities though everyone usually likes to gossip about the scandals behind a divorce. Who did what and why it was done and how much alimony was changing hands. There is no doubt that the law courts are patriarchal and that makes the task of getting a divorce even more of […]

For your honest earnings to be looted is not the most dangerous thing Police beatings are not the most dangerous thing The greedy traitorous fist is not the most dangerous thing. To be rounded up by the State while sitting peacefully is bad/ to submit to silence is bad/ But these are not the most […]

Malavika Rajkotia has been an advocate in the Indian Courts for over 35 years and has developed a practice on divorce and property law. She is widely regarded as one of the best divorce lawyers in India. She is the author of Intimacy Undone: Law of Marriage, Divorce and Family in India, which seeks to […]

An Indian court's recent verdict that significantly expands the rights of homemakers over their husband's property has been hailed as a positive sign by women's rights advocates. On 21 June, the Madras high court - in the southern state of Tamil Nadu - passed a verdict in a domestic dispute case that allowed a housewife […]

Recently, the Kerala High Court granted divorce to a couple on the ground of cruelty under the Divorce Act, 1869 . Two interesting issues emerge from this judgment – (i) the manner in which the court went about examining whether a case of mental cruelty was made out (ii) the need to recognize irretrievable breakdown […]

In instances when a child is taken away by one parent from the other by crossing international borders, it opens up complex litigation, mostly proving detrimental to the mother, who is fleeing a bad relationship.